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VOL. 28 NO 51 Philadelphia Conference Philadelphia, Pa.. May 6, 1908. Delegates from all parts of the United States and also from the Philippine Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico, the Bahamas and the West Coast of Africa, assembled Wednesday morning in the twenty-third quadrennial conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church at the Wesley Church, Fifteenth and Lombard streets. There are 512 delegates present, and with their wives and friends make over a thousand representatives of the varied activities of this Church present, one of the oldest forms of Methodism in this country; sessions will be held three times daily for the next sixteen days, ending on May 21. Mayor Reyburn welcomed the delegates yesterday. In the course of his remarks he said: "I deem it a great privilege, as well as a duty, to come before this assemblage of orderly, law-abiding colored citizens. I welcome you to our city, and do so with added pleasure, as I regard your meeting as one of national significance, as well as a tribute to our city and State. There is no branch of our Government which comes nearer to the life of the people than the administration of our great cities, and by meeting you face to face I can better understand your problems and, I trust, command your confidence. I want to say that I meet you today in no partisan spirit, but as a man with men dealing fairly with the problems with which your Church as to deal. By advancing morality and the forces of law and order you form an important part of the Commonwealth, and I want to say as a tribute to your race that whatever difficulties we may have in other directions we never have any trouble in maintaining order among the colored people." The Mayor's remarks were greeted with prolonged cheers, and were replied to in an appreciative vein by Prof. S. G. Atkins, of Winston-Salem, N. C., He said that "there were more Negroes in Philadelphia than in any other city of the United States," and said that this was due to the fact that they were treated better here than elsewhere. He told the Mayor that the race would endeavor to prove worthy of the good reputation he had given them. This session is regarded as one of exceptional importance, as not only will it elect three new bishops, but decide questions of administrative policy affecting its more than six hundred thousand members. At the opening there was a solemn ecclesiastical procession, to the main auditorium, headed by the seven bishops, who were followed by the ministerial delegates. They were then called to order by Senior Bishop John W. Hood, of North Carolina. Devotional exercises were held by Bishop Alexander Walton, of New York. After singing by the choir, Bishop G. from the Old Testament; Bishop J. W. Alstook read the New Testament lesson. An invocation was then pronounced by Bishop J. W. Smith, the quadrennial sermon was delivered by Bishop C. B. Harris, of Salisburg, N. C.; the final hymn, "Great God, attend while Zion sings," was announced by Bishop J. S. Caldwell, of Philadelphia, and the morning session closed with serving the Lord's Supper. At the evening session there was a series of brief welcoming and congratulatory speeches by the following representatives: Rev. C. A. Tindley, Rev. J. W. Lee, Rev. J. H. Dwellie, Bishop J. F. Ramsey, Prof. W. J. Trent, Mrs. M. E. Wasihngton, Jr Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 1908. An interesting ceremony marked the second day's session of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Conference, when at the opening of the morning session Rev. ohn Quincy Adams, of Harrisburg, made a formal presentation to Bishop James W. Hood, the presiding official, of a gavel, the iron handle of which was made from metal which formed part of the framework of the old State Capitol of Pennsylvania, destroyed by fire in 1897. Bishop Hood had just completed a brief address in which he referred with feeling to the fact that he had attended the last quadrennial conference held in this city, in 1864, and did not think that there was another survivor of that conference living. Rev. Adams, in presenting the gavel, dwelt upon the long and arduous struggle which Bishop Hood had made for the civic rights of the Negro since the time when he was first elected a bishop, in 1861. The iron in the gavel, he said, was part of the State Capitol when the great Civil Rights Bill, giving full franchise privileges to the Negro, was passed n 1868. He had intended to present this gavel either to the venerable bishop or his family, and Bishop Hood, in response, said he was happy to be present to receive it in person. After a day and a half of oratory, the Conference settled down to routine business in the afternoon, Bishop Hood announcing the chairmen of the following committees, to which most of the detailed work will be referred: Devotion, R. A. Morrisse; rules, W. H. Ferguson; finance, William Sutton; apportionment, F. K. Bird; appeals, J. H. White; church extension, E. H. Curry; revision, B. F. Wheeler; education, G. W. Offley; Women's Home and Foreign Missions, Mrs. K. P. Hood; episcopacy, A. J. Rodgers; missions, R. L. Houston; publication, T. B. MeCain; auditing, F. H. Hill; state of the country, John C. Dancey; Conference boundaries, E. D. W. Jones; temperance, W. H. Newby; state of the Church, C. C. Allayne; periodicals, W. L. Handlin statistics, J. H. Anderson; widows and orphans, W. M. Massey; Sunday School Union, E. M. A. Brooks; United Christian Endeavor, J. T. McMillan; superannuated ministers, W. A. Blackwell; Sabbath observance, R.S.Rives; memoirs, J. C. Temple; executive business, J. W. Hood. With today's session the ministers will commence to read their reports, showing the progress of the Church during the past four years. This, with the report of the general officers, will consume the next two days. The quadrennial address to the delegates was delivered by Bishop G. W. Clinton this afternoon. Philadelphia, May 13, 1908 Delegates to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Conference, at Wesley Church, listened the latter part of the week to reports of three bishops of the Church. Bishop C. R. Harris, representing the Third District; Bishop J. S. Caldwell, of the Tenth District, and Bishop J. W. Smith, of the Ninth District, each reported marked progress during the past four years and a flourishing condition of affairs. They also recommended special legislation, which was referred to the committees for investigation. On Sunday the delegates preached at all the churches in the city, and business sessions were resumed again Monday. There is considerable canvassing going on among the delegates for the positions of bishops, three of whom are to be elected by this conference. Among the candidates most frequently mentioned are Dr. G. L. Blackwell, general secretary of the Conference, and Dr. S. L. Corrothers, of Washington, D. C. Friends of both of these ministers have been active in advancing their claims, and at the present writing they seem to be in the lead. Plans for a college in the South, and a revision of the Church financial situation, will also be some of the chief work of the gathering. On Thursday evening Booker T. Washington will deliver an address on "The Future Hope of The American Negro." After which he will be tendered a banquet. Fifteen hundred Sunday School students of all denominations attended services at Wesley in the afternoon, which taxed the seating capacitl of the church. J. H. Gray. 1233 Pine street. WON'T TAKE LONG TO COUNT THEM. Now that W. J. Bryan is a "Jim Crowist" and has spoken right out in meeting, all Negroes who will desert Mr. Taft, in case of his nomination, and vote for "The Peerless" please stand till counted.—Fair Play, Parkersburg, W. Va. READ THE BEE. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY MAY 16, 1908. What I Saw And Heard What I Saw And Heard WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR. Every day we see that the American Negro is acting foolish in being divided. An Indian chief had three sons and they wanted to fight. The old chief took a bundle of arrows and bade his sons to break them. They tried and failed. The old chief then took his knife and cut the thongs and handed each one a single arrow to break. They immediately made up. Note the moral. At the Republican State Convention held at Columbus, S. C., last week a small riot was started between Captain Capers, representing the white brother, and E. B. Thompson, the colored. The matter was finally adjusted. LYNCHING TO NIGHT THAT MY MIDDLE NANIE TILLMAN A COSSIER OF MINE PLANS FOR A KUNLOR KONAL MONO MENT DO I HATE A SUCCESSFUL NEGRO? DOES A CAT LIKE MILK? MUNGER NOCKER THE BEST MONO DOWN AND OUT LYNCHING TO NIGHT THAT'S MY MIDDLE NAME MORE SMITH JOHN SHAW D. MILLIARD MY TWIN BROTHER AGILENT MARKEE MARKEE WISE HEAD BLACK GUARDING AND DEFAMEING THAT'S WHERE I SHINE — KID-O TILLMAN ACOUSIN OF MINE DO I HATE A NOUGHTY NEGRO? DOES A CAT LIKE MILK BRAIN TESTER THE BIN TO ORDER THAN THE COWBOY BUTTON HAMMER IS THE OBSERVATORY OF THEM JT NEPLIN ALK. P.M. TRY MAS HOUSE GUILD OXYGEN DOES OLD ONE LAST YEAR I SURRENDERED THE EXCEPT THE MINNESOTA GAS WORKS KNUGER NOCKER THE BEST WORKER COLLEGE DARK FROM THE GOK OF From Mr. Gowan Robert Bachman (white), of Nazareth, Pa., chief of the Devil Chasers, killed his niece by stamping her to death during one of his religious performances. The child's parents were members of his sect. There are at least three dozen kinds of religion practiced in this country. The Cosmopolitan Club of New York City, composed of wealthy white people, gave a dinner to their colored friends last week. There is a great howl and kick. The object of the club is to create a better feeling between the races by social intercourse. Among the views of the Southern members on the matter, Mr. Heflin (who shot the colored man in the District of Columbia) stated that the whites who attended this dinner should have Negro stamped on their foreheads. Comrade Goodman still continues to keep bachelor's hall. Dr. L. H. Harris has had his place of business newly painted. The doctor is very much interested in baseball matters. laureate sermon by the Rev. Bishop William Frazer McDowell, D.D., LL.D., of Chicago, Ill* Monday, May 25, 8 p.m. — The Teachers' College; graduation of the normal training classes. Address by Dr. J. H. N. Waring, '88, principal of the Colored High and TrainingSchool of Baltimore, Md. Tuesday, May 26, 2 p.m. — The school of liberal arts; class day exercises; 3 p.m., annual meeting of the board of trustees; 8 p.m., the academy, graduation exercises. Wednesday, May 27, 2 p.m. — Annual alumni meeting and reunion. Address by the Hon. George H. White, '88, of Philadelphia, Pa.; 4 p.m., exhibit of the manual arts departments, Industrial Hall; 8 p.m., Comencement, First Congregational Church, corner Tenth and G streets. Note. — All public exercises, unless otherwise designated, to be held in the Rankin Memorial Chapel, University Campus. *Graduates from all departments will assemble for the baccalaureate service on May 24 promptly at 3:30 when informed. House that he "A friend of Heflin, "sat but street car the were talking of these men against me limit in order Columbia deleter can National instructed for Certain." "I have no that the jury wif fifteen or more who will show self-defense. I gro afterward committed or a assault on a wicked the Gracter." The Right Rop of New York has been forced affairs of the Sarah Brown Dr. George Murray is still at the old stand. Doc has given up the idea of joining the Married Men's Association. There is one happy man in the City Postoffice (since the change), viz., Mr. James F. Johnson. Mr. Champ, father of C. A.Champ, carrier at the Postoffice, has returned to work. He is much improved. Ill. Dannel Williams, retired, is having a good time up town among the boys. Memorial services were held in honor of Mrs. Lucy Doolittle at the Church of the Redeemer last week. She labored long for the upbuilding of the colored race. The Roman Catholic Diocese of New York observed Centenary by one Mass on May 1. Thirteen schools were closed during the cold snap — six white, and seven colored — owing to the unsafe condition of the buildings. The new papal marriage law for America went into effect May 1. All marrages of Catholics n the United States will not be valid unless performed by a priest. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Program of Commencement Week. Friday, May 22, 11 a.m. — The school of theology; alumni reunion, and luncheon. 8 p.m., the school of theology, graduating exercises. Sunday, May 24, 4 p.m. — Bacca- MAKE SMITH MY TWIN BROTHER BLACK GUARD THAT'S WHAT THE PEN IS ORDER TO THROW THE SWORD TO THE HUMMER IS THE GREATEST OF COMMON ALCHEM JT. HEPLIN ALCHEM SILENT RINGLE WHERE HEED BRAIN TESTER LAST I SURVIVE BETTER LAKEPT FROM THE GOV OF MAKE UT, BUT STILL BUCKING AGAIN laureate sermon by the Rev. Bishop William Frazer McDowell, D.D., LL.D., of Chicago, Ill* Monday, May 25, 8 p.m. — The Teachers' College; graduation of the normal training classes. Address by Dr. J. H. N. Waring, '88, principal of the Colored High and TrainingSchool of Baltimore, Md. {Tuesday, May 26, 2 p.m. — The school of liberal arts; class day exercises; 3 p.m., annual meeting of the board of trustees;8 p.m., the academy, graduation exercises. Wednesday, May 27, 2 p.m. — Annual alumni meeting and reunion. Address by the Hon. George H. White, '78, of Philadelphia, Pa.; 4 p.m., exhibit of the manual arts departments, Industrial Hall; 8 p.m., Comencement, First Congregational Church, corner Tenth and G streets. Note. — All public exercises, unless otherwise designated, to be held in the Rankin Memorial Chapel, University Campus. *Graduates from all departments will assemble for the baccalaureate service on May 24 promptly at 3.30 p.m. in the main hall, where the academic process will form. Many requests having been made to repeat the cantata "Moon Queen," that it has been decided by the Woman's Guild of St. Luke's Parish to repeat the same on the 2nd of June at the True Reformers' Hall. Full particulars will appear in the advertising columnns next week. The thirtieth anniversary and the tenth year of the pastorate of Dr. Rivers, of the Berean Baptist Church was held last Sunday. Between four and five hundred dollars were con- The Grand Jury Monday afternoon returned an indictment against Representative James Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon upon Lewis Lundy, colored, and Thomas McCreary. The indictment is in three counts. This indictment is the result of the affray on a Pennsylvania avenue car, March 27, following Representative Heflin's efforts to eject Lundy from the car because he had been drinking and was using improper language in the presence of women passengers. "There would have been no indictment if it had not been a political year," said Representative Heflin AGING AND DEFAMEING WHERE I SHINE — KID-O TRY THE GAS HOUSE FOR OXYGEN FOR OXYGEN YEAR BREWED BY THE MISSISSippi Gas WORKS EDIFOR'S DEK READ THE WORK From Mr. Gowan AINST FATE. when informed on the floor of the House that he had been indicted. "A friend of mine," continued Mr. Heflin, "sat behind two men in a street car the other day while they were talking about my case. One of these men said that the case against me would be pushed to the limit in order that the District of Columbia delegation to the Republican National Convention might be instructed for Senator Foraker. Certain of Acquittal. "I have no fear, and am confident that the jury will acquit me. I have fifteen or more reliable witnesses who will show that I only shot in self-defense. The fact that the Negro afterward was found to have committed or attempted to commit an assault on a woman should have convinced the Grand Jury of his character." The Right Rev. H. C. Potter, Bishop of New York, owing to illness, has been forced to retire from the affairs of the Church. Sarah Brown, colored, of New York, adopted a little white child that had been abandoned and for eleven years she raised it as her own. Now the Board of Guardians have taken her away. Reasons: colorphobia. BALTIMORE AND OHIO EXCURSION. Sunday, May 17. $1.00 Harper's Perry and Martinsburg and return. $1.35 Berkeley Springs and return. $2.00 Cumberland and return. Special train leaves Washington at 8.15 a.m. Mr. Z. H. Copp, a probation officer, says "the five and ten cents moving picture shows which operate Sundays as well as week days are demoralizing." The Chief of Engineers has granted the request of the Y. M. C. A. to conduct religious services in Franklin and Lincoln Parks every Sunday, afternoon from June 7 to September 27th. Minister Wu is a staunch advocate of vegetarianism and says he "hopes to attain the age of two hundred years." July 4 has been selected as the date for opening the Municipal Building, and the programme will consist of speeches in front of the building in the day and fireworks at the White House in the evening. The announcement comes from Indiana that the name of Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks will be presented at the Republican National Convention. Many Congressmen say Congress will adjourn about the 23rd of this month. All vessels coming into port at New York from any part of Venezuela are to be quarantined until a thorough inspection is made. The managers of M. Curby Burkhard Company are held under heavy bail at Baltimore, Md., and a fraud order has been issued against the pills manufactured by the company. President Roosevelt and the representatives of other American Republics were present last Monday at the laying of the International Union of American Republics. The one-year-old Spanish heir to the throne took the oath of allegiance by proxy last week in Madrid. He was enlisted as a private. The Methodist General Conference endorsed the course of Gov. Hughes of New York concerning the race track question. It now appears that the new Union Station of Washington was installed before the city was ready. The cartoonist is getting in his work at the expense of the District. Master Turner Layton won the hearty applause of the audience last Monday evening at the Layton's Testimonial. It is said that the death of Dr. G. W. Rucker, of Texas, brother-in-law of Senator Bailey, was caused by a joint debate at his home, when the Senator was hotly assailed. Representative James ThomasHeflin, of Alabama, was indicted last Monday for assault with a dangerous weapon. The indictment was in three counts. The fourth International Fishery Congress will meet in this city September 22 and continue through the 28th. The Sacred Musical and Literary Entertainment at True Reformers' Hall tomorrow evening will be a rare treat. Last Sunday was observed as Labor's Memorial Day by the organization. The National Presbyterian Association sent an address to President Roosevelt expressing the disapproval of the members to "hasty legislation to regulate industry." According to the Health Office record, the smallpox is somewhat decreasing in the District. Mrs. Booker T. Washington will speak sometime during session of the City Federations of Colored Women of Florida, which will convene the 26th instant in St. Augustine. It is reported that the National Baptist Convention will meet in the city of Lexington, Ky., sometime during the month of September. The Palestine Plaindealer says the following: "Booker T. Washington's last lecture at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church amounted to more than eight hundred dollars, all of which he donated to the church." Samuel Cole, Sr., colored, of Steelton, Pa., was chosen last Tuesday as foreman of the jury that is to decide upon the innocence or guilt of Joseph M. Huston, Representative H. Continued to page 4 MORLEYNOWAPEER BRITISH LIBERAL LEADER QUITS HOUSE OF COMMONS. Ill Health and Too Much Work Forces. Distinguished Lichenant of Gladstone and Friend of Carnegie Into Easler Post. London—John Morley, the distinguished liberal leader, has been elevated to the peerage; he will, however, retain the office of secretary for India in the reorganized British parliament. Morley's reason for accepting a peerage is his declining health and a throat affection that makes the strain of the work in the house of commons too great. In leaving the house of commons that body loses one of its most noted members. Many accomplishments in and out of his official duties have undoubtedly earned this title for the English liberal leader, historian, theologian orator, editor and student. Morley has likewise been called the Puritan of politics, a title which his passion for righteousness and his public austerity have conspired to win him. It is difficult to imagine Morley among the peers, for whose benefit he invented the phrase: "Mind them or end them." When made secretary of state of India his critics said he would make a weak executive. He proved otherwise. He made a vigorous speech in the house of commons, in which he announced his purpose to crush sedition in India with a strong hand. He defend the sharp treatment he had JOHN MORLEY extended to Indian agitators and refused to offer an apology. "British rule in India will continue and ought to continue and must continue," said he. John Morley was born at Blackburn, England, December 24, 1838. He was graduated from Chettenham and Lincoln college, Oxford, and began life as a barrister. In 1867, however, he was called to the editorship of the Fortnightly Review, a post which he held until 1882. From 1880 until 1883 he was likewise editor of the famous Pall Mall Gazette, leaving his desk there to go to parliament as the representative of Newcastle. He was Irish secretary in 1886 and again from 1892 to 1895. In 1896 he was returned to parliament and since gradually achieved for himself a reputation in politics, letters and philosophical thought. Morley was Gladstone's favorite lieutenant when the "Grand Old Man" died. He was one of the axious personal friends who watched over the great premier in his last illness, and his "Life of Gladstone" is one of his most notable literary labors. Hall Caine and Andrew Carnegie are among the close friends of the liberal. The laird of Skibo is accounted one of the particular intimates of Morley, in a personal way, in the tendency of their thoughts and aims and otherwise. Recently Carnegie, well knowing his friend's studious inclination, presented him with a library of 90,000 volumes, one of the finest collections of books in existence. In 1904 Carnegie, also influenced the noted Englishman to come to America. In Pittsburg Morley was the guest of Carnegie and there delivered his only American lecture. In an interview in America Morley said that he, as an English liberal, was always intensely interested in America and her politics and that England as a whole was fascinated by President Roosevelt. More than once it has been said that if John Morley had a vice he might be premier. As it is Morley is too full of unrelenting rectitude, too barren of apparent passion, to be an English popular hero. For all that he is a man of emotions and feeling, but, above them all, one of restraint. One never knows Morley the man, but one can never escape Morley, the exterior, distant, reserved and unbending. In politics Morley is a liberal in every sense, but he holds the same reserve of caution on his theories as on his public behavior. In religion he is an agnostic, but not one of the assertive kind. He has a quick, keen and delightful sense of humor, is one of the most charming of companions and is a great favorite among women. He is by nature nervous, is quick in temper and rather impatient. He has no amusements other than walking, and is fond of music and books. His father wished to make him a minister of the gospel, but he fell under the teachings of John Stuart Mill, the philosopher, and thereafter the church was impossible. The council of empire at St. Petersburg has raised the Russian legation at Tokyo to an embassy. BACON MAY SUCCEED·TAFT. Assistant Secretary of State Likely to Head War Department. Boston. — The intimate personal friends of Assistant Secretary of State Bacon, formerly of Boston, have received information which leads them to believe that Mr. Bacon will become secretary of war about July 1 next, succeeding Secretary Taft, who is understood to be desirous of retiring from the cabinet at that time. The determination of Secretary Taft to retire is said to be quite definite, and is understood not to be dependent upon the outcome of the national convention. Mr. Bacon was born in this city and was, particularly prominent in ath- Robert Bacon. letts while attending Harvard university, being captain of the varsity crew. He was a classmate of President Roosevelt. He was connected with the banking firm of E. Rollins Morse & Co. until 1899, when he became a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York, where he has since made his home. He married a Miss Carlton of New York. His friends in this city, upon hearing of his reported advancement, were not surprised, for something of such a nature had been anticipated. HOUSE OF LITHOGRAPHIC STONE. Home In Nuremberg, Germany, Coveted by Many. Berlin.—Lithographers look at it and sigh. It's a plain, plastered stone house about 50 yards from the ancient city hall of Nuremberg, Germany. There is nothing to distinguish it from the other old houses of the neighborhood except that it is built of lithographic stone, worth from six to 21 cents a pound. So lithographers who go to Nuremberg wander from the worn tourist trails to see the wonder. The house was built about 1680, nearly 100 years before Alois Senefelder, the discoverer of lithography, was born. Andreas Lichtenstein, who built it, took the stone easiest to get and secured it for the trouble of carry- A Cross Marks the Building Coveted by Lithographers. A Cross Marks the Building Coveted by Lithographers. ing it away. Now the material in the building is worth about $4,000. The present Andreas Lichtenstein, a descendant of the man who built the house, has said "Neln" about once a month for the last 20 years to speculators who want to buy his home and tear it down for the stone. It is his home and that of his forefathers and he refuses to part with it. So lithographers, with thoughts of rising prices, look and sigh. Lithographic stone is found in commercial quantities only in Bavaria. The largest quarries are near Nuremberg. Whether it be owing to Christianity, civilization or Americanization, matters not, but the Chicago Chinaman is "getting there." He has taken to roller skates, says the Chicago Examiner. With him it has become a case of "roll, roll, roll along," but instead of "over the dark, blue sea," as when he came from the "Celestial kingdom," it is across and along the pavements of the "chop suey district." That he enjoys the sport is attested by the increasing numbers seen nightly in Clark-and adjacent streets. It seems odd to see these so-called heathen going with the wind, their queues flying behind them, and the straps of their skates pressed down deeply into their well padded sandals. The missionary didn't teach John Chinaman to skate. He got the inspiration from his children, and they learned it from their American schoolmates. Averted an Excuse. "I noticed," remarked the piano stool to the parlor lamp, "that you started to smoke last night when Miss Yerner was entertaining Mr. Timmild." "Yes," replied the lamp, "I saw she was just waiting for an excuse to turn me down." Looked On as Form of Bribery. Controller Wilson of Chicago has ruled that no telephone, traction, electric light or other public utility corporation can make contributions to hospitals or other charities. --- INDUSTRIOUS TRIBE THE NAVAJO IS EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL RULE. Squaws Spend Busy Days Weaving Blankets While Bucks Hire Out In Beet Fields or Work as Section Hands. Denver.—The present-day Indian, if not considered a manace to society, is looked upon as a charge on the body politic, and we frequently hear that the only good Indian is a dead one, yet there are exceptions. The tribe of Navajoes, whose reservation in New Mexico and Arizona borders on southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado, numbers nearly 4,000 souls. They are a pastoral people, herding sleep, goats and horses over their arid ridges, and in a small way cultivating corn and other grains. Except when excited by firewater, they are peaceable and to a degree industrious. The women are notable blanket weavers and the men are adversitiles of no mean ability. Of late years the Navajoes have been employed with some considerable degree of satisfaction as section men on the Denver & Rio Grande and other railroads running in close proximity to their reservation. They have also been engaged by orchardists to gather fruit, and last season hundreds of young bucks, ranging in age from 12 to 20 years, were employed in thinning the sugar-beet fields of the Ar- NAVAJO BLANKET WEAVER NAVAJO SILVERSMITH AT WORK kansas, Grand and Uncompaghre valleys in Colorado. They were away from their reservation two months at a time, and their employers report that their work was quite as satisfactory as that of the Russian peasants generally employed to do this work and supposed to be unusually skilled in this particular kind of labor. Like all Indians, their besetting sin is "monte". Give an Indian the price of his hire and he will quit work until it is gambled away. They are a polygamous people, have no religion, and, like all aborigines, are superstitious, believing in all kinds of signs and working of supernatural powers. Although the Navajo reservation adjoins the Mesa Verde National park, where so many Cliff Dweller ruins are found, it is with difficulty that a Navajo can be induced to act as guide to the rules. When one is found willing to show the way, he cannot be induced to remain in the immediate vicinity, and when night comes on he moves miles away. A curious tradition, and one accounting perhaps for their abhorrence of that region, is that ages ago, when the Cliff Dwellers and their enemies were engaged in an exterminating warfare, the torner were finally driven into a mighty river, and drowning, their souls were transmitted into the bodies of fishes. And from that time to this a Navajo cannot be induced to eat fish. Another legend, no less curious, relates to the Ship Rock. About 35 miles due west from Farmington, New Mexico, and within the borders of their reservation, situated in the midst of the desert, stands a famous rock called Ship Rock, which looms to the height of 2,000 feet above the surrounding plain. It rises from the center of an immense and gradually sloping mound, which gives it a towering appearance. The rock derives its name from its appearance when seen from a certain direction, when it resembles a full-rigged ship, stranded and petrified. The Indian legend is that in the dim and misty past they had their habitation in a distant land beyond the great ocean and that the rock was situated in their ancient country. Once upon a time, the tribe being closely pressed by its enemies and in danger of total annihilation, the survivors climbed into the cracks and crevasses of the great rock and implored it for protection. The supplications were heard and shortly the rock began to move. It crossed innumerable wastes, gradually reached the ocean, which it crossed, traversed more wastes and deserts, and finally arrived at its present resting place, when the refugees sprang from its bosom. Thus the tribe remained upon the face of the earth. The ranks of the tribe are being depleted, and before a good many years the good Ship Rock will be obliged to gather up the people and go on another long voyage, in order that the tribe of the Navajo may be perpetuated among the tribes of the earth. Old Log Cabin at Colorado City, Now a Chinese Laundry. Colorado Springs, Col.—Diagonally across from Rum Row, on Colorado avenue, Colorado City, stands the log cabin which served as the first territorial capitol when Colorado City was made the capital of the territory in 1861. The building, however, was used for this purpose but five days. The lawmakers decided that the accommodations were inadequate, and adjourned to meet in Denver. Just what accommodations the new capitol was "shy" of is not recorded, but it could not have been that seemingly necessary adjunct to law making—whisky. For it is a historical fact that the city at the entrance to Ute First Territorial Capitol of Colorado. Pass at the base of Pike's Peak has always carried an ample supply of undertaker's delight, since it was founded in August, 1859. The drink emporiums have been one of the features of the city, and one entire block on Colorado avenue is given over to these joints and signs of "The Tenderfoot," "Black Tall," "Antelope," "The Nugget," "Red Top Boots" and "Elk's Horn." greet the eye. The abandoned capitol was used for a short time as a drug store, then as a dwelling for prospectors who hoped to make a discovery on the South Platte river, and finally the building was rented to a son of the Flowery Kingdom, Sam Wah, who has since conducted a laundry within its historic walls. Sam Wah and two kinsmen are the only Chinamen engaged in the wash business in the city, and they must be accumulating a goodly bank account, for they pay $20 monthly rental for the former capitol. The rent for a year is a great deal more than the building is worth, but its owner wants $6,000 for the old logs and the weather boarded front, as there are men who wish to buy it for the purpose of removing it to Denver, where it would doubtless prove a drawing card as a historic curiosity. FATHER OF LIBERTY BILL Confiressman Sterling Author of Employers' Measure. Washington.—Congressman' John A. Sterling of Illinois, the father of the employers' liability bill, which went through the house with only one dissenting voice, that of Congressman Littlefield, is a man who has all his life come much into contact with the JOHN A. STERLING? JOHN A. STERLING poorer classes and has seen the want and suffering that is often brought upon the family of a workingman through his being incapacitated by an accident. Sterling was born on a farm and educated himself by his own efforts. After his graduation he was superintendent of public schools in Lexington for two years, after which he took up the practice of law. He was state's attorney for McLean county for four years and is now serving his third term in congress. Appearances Sometimes Tell. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson stood near the entrance to the Brooklyn bridge while the homeward bounders were engaged in their daily fight for car room. Dr. Watson was engaged, as usual, doing nothing and admiring Holmes the while. Since he could neither lay the fiddle nor use morphine Sherlock was forced to fall back on his old pastime of deduction. "Watson," he emarked, noprops of nothing in particular, "there is a young man who is going to call on a young lady, one whom he would probably call his best girl." "How do you know that?" Inquired Watson's never-failing "feeder." "Because he has two boxes of chocolate under his arm and a bouquet rather badly done up in his right hand." "Marvelous, marvelous," whispered Watson. "Let us, my dear Holmes, refresh cursels." And they disappeared between the swinging enclosure of a neighboring casels. ELECTRICAL GENIUS KELLY OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE "ORIGINAL 60,000 VOLTMAN." Served Apprenticeship Under Wizard Edison, But is Little Known to the Public—Has Perfected Eighty Patents. Boston.—Outside of men with knowledge of electrical affairs and achievements, it is not generally known that there is living in Pittsfield, Mass., an inventor and engineer who has won high distinction in developing the great electrical industry of this country. John Forrest Kelly, the "original 60,000 voltman," is a friend of the wizard Edison and served an apprenticeship under him. He has perfected 80 patents, has received a degree of doctor of philosophy and his name is, suggestive of progressive methods in electrical machinery and station design. John Forrest Kelly, son of Jeremiah and Kate (Forrest) Kelly, was born near Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, March 28, 1859. Both of his parents were teachers, and several of his ancestors and their collateral relatives were notably successful in various professional lines. Mr. Kelly was educated in Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N. J., and received the degree of B.L in 1878 and that of PhD. in 1881. His first occupation in life was as assistant to Thomas A. Edison in JOHN F. KELLY Menlo Park laboratory, his work relating principally to the chemistry of rare earths. Late in 1879 he became electrical engineer of the New York branch of the Western Electrical Company. This was at the time when the telephone was being generally introduced, and when dynamos were first being applied to telegraphic purposes. In the construction and installment of instruments for telegraphy and telephony and of such measuring instruments as were then known, Mr. Kelly received a thorough training. In 1882 he became laboratory assistant of Edward Watson, then chief electrician of an electric lighting company in New York, and with the exception of one year Mr. Kelly continued his association with Mr. Watson until July, 1886. Some of the most important work, such as the research which ended in the discovery of high resistance alloys of very low or even negative temperature co-efficients, was substantially carried out by Mr. Kelly. These discoveries were followed by Mr. Kelly succeeding Mr. Watson as chief electrician-of the United States Electric Lighting Company, which in 1899 passed to the Westfenghouse interests. In January, 1892, Mr. Kelly joined another Berkshire county electrical inventor, William Stanley of Great Barrington, in experimental work. The work done by Mr. Kelly in this connection gave great impetus to the alternating current business. Mr. Kelly's inventive work is partially represented by 80 patents. The art of building transformers and generators of alternating currents was revolutionized and Mr. Kelly and his colleagues were the first to put polyphase motors into actual commercial service. That success naturally led to long distance transmission work, and the first long-distance transmission plants in California (indeed the first in the world) were undertaken on Mr. Kelly's recommendation and advice. Most of Mr. Kelly's work has been of too technical a character to command popular appreciation—such, for instance, as that of improving the quality of steel. He was the first one to make an hysteretically stable steel, a matter of more importance than the comparatively spectacular transmission work. Mr. Kelly is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Electrochemical society, the American Academy of Political Science, the American Economic association, American Statistical society, American Irish Historical society, Engineers' club, all of the United States, and also has membership in the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Society of Arts and Irish Tex's society of England, and the Societe Internationale des Electriciens of France. His Game. "Is your husband against the book-makers?" inquired Miss Paprika. "Yes," answered young Mrs. Snorkins, "but his scheme seem; rather heartless. He wants to put them out of business by winning all their money from them."—Exchange. Love Affair of Poet in Rome Revealed by Discovery of a Letter. Rome.—The English cemetery in Rome is full of wild beauty and classical interest. From the outside it appears to be covered by innumerable cypresses and pine trees. Close to it rises the famous Pyramid of Calus Cestius, 116 feet high. From time to time, owing to the winds and rain which have swept over this spot, pieces of the marble which coated the sides of the pyramid are detached and now tufts of weeds have taken root in the cracks and crannies, and as they wave to and fro in the Graves of Keats and Severn in English Cemetery in Rome. wind they seem to mock the vanity of him who wished this huge pile of stone for his tomb. In striking contrast, in a secluded spot, overshadowed by two solitary pines and surrounded by many flowers, is the resting place of John Keats. Fresh interest is awakened in this grave by the discovery of a new romance in the poet's life. In 1819, two years before his death, Keats fell desperately in love with Fanny Browne, who drove him to distraction with her caprices. After this unfortunate love affair he left England with his faithful friend Severn and took up his residence in Rome, where he chanced to meet the woman who filled his last days with happiness. It was only quite recently and as the result of researches by an Italian student that this heretofore ignored episode of Keats' life in Rome has been discovered. As the poet was ascending the steps of the Trinita del Monti one day he was struck by the marvelous beauty of a young Italian girl who was going in the same direction. The attraction was so strong that without a moment's reflection he offered her his arm, which she unhesitatingly accepted. From this chance meeting a friendship grew up which soon ripened into love. Keats' love was so strong that he succeeded in hiding until the very last moment the illness which eventually carried him away, lest his Italian sweetheart, Marla Landl, should suffer pain. After his death she disappeared, and no trace of this short but happy episode of Keats' life was found until the discovery of the following letter from Keats to Marla Landl, which is in the possession of one of her great-grand-nephews living in Rome: "My Dearest: Although I said I would not write you, still I wish to talk a little more with you in dream and my hope, my smile and my one and only joy. You do not know how much I love you, you do not know it and I cannot tell you how much. "But you are everything to me, as for you alone I smile amidst my tears, and I put one sweet thought among many bitter ones, and I have many of them, love, many, a whole sorrowful crown, a most sorrowful crown of them. But when I am near you I forget them all because I love you with great, immense and infinite love, with a love that no words can express. "Oh, if you were here, if your dear face with its look which promises wonderful sweetness, would greet and comfort me! Oh, if you were only with me, my adored! If you knew how I long for your presence in certain moments. I wish for your suddenly at times in the peace of dawn, at others in the calmness of the night, and it seems as if your voice reached me in the silence, your silvery voice as musical as a waterfall." What Is Heaven. "If I could be out of physical pain," said a lifelong invalid, "I would ask no other heaven." "If I could be in a place where I might know that my husband never could be killed on the train!" cried one of the gentle "worriers" whose capacity for suffering is neither understood nor respected by the sanguine . . . "If I could take my children to a world where every time I hear a croupy cough my heart did not stand still with terror," urged another, "that would be heaven for me." The mulatto girl who burst into joyful tears at first sight of a marble bust of herself, "because it was white," had a glimpse of her heaven before its time. "Heaven must be like any other form of happiness, only 'more so.'" said a thoughtful man. "And the conditions of happiness are three: a clean conscience, something to do, and some one to love."—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in Harper's Weekly. Need Thorough Cooking. Raw pullet, raw veal and raw fish make the graveyard fat. This is hundreds of years old. A New York caterer, perhaps the most efficient in the city, said: "There are three important articles of food that must, under no circumstances, be served underdone. They are fish, chicken and veal. By chicken I mean all poultry of a domestic nature. All game birds should be rare. You want to be a little careful about lamb, too; give it plenty of cooking." THE BEE 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 THE BEE'S PREDICTION. After carefully studying the political situation in the various States and measuring sentiment as we found it here in Washington sifted through the members of Congress, who are the direct representatives of the various States, The Bee announced that it was apparent that Secretary Taft would receive the Republican nomination for the presidency. The sentiment of this country, no matter what The Bee or any other newspaper or individual may think, is clearly and largely for President Roosevelt and his policies. Although this paper has differed with the President, it cannot but admit that the people — the masses, they who elect officials — are wedded to the Rooseveltian idea and way of doing things. Taking him at his word, and knowing that he meant what he said, when he announced that he would not again accept a nomination, a pro-Roosevelt majority in this country naturally turned to the man who stood, and stood squarely, for what the President stood for. Secretary William H-Taft, big in body and big in mind, appeared as the only logical man for the people who are demanding a continuation of Roosevelt policies. The Bee was for Senator Foraker because of sentiment and a sense of gratitude, but The Bee, like others, was forced to admit that Taft looked like a winner. Each succeeding week's developments have but confirmed this, and now, with the convention but a short month off, Taft is assured, beyond any reasonable vestige of doubt, that he will have not less than six hundred and fifty votes on the first ballot — sufficient to nominate and fifty-nine to spare. Taft will be nominated, and that too by acclamation, before the first roll call is completed. When The Bee announced, after carefully considering the contest from every point of view, and after repeated interviews with Congressmen, many of whom were opposed to Taft, there were a few pin-headed victims to the rest habit a few purchasable orators and confidence men without any visible means of support who, pitching their voice in a high key, declared that The Bee had flopped. But not one could point to a single word or a single sentence in confirmation of such a charge. The Bee simply led the van in making a prediction based on careful study of conditions and sentiment. And now what is the result? Why, the very men — those paid hirelings, that coterie of Negroes that wanted pay in cash for their vociferous espousal of SenatorForaker's cause — are now admitting that it is all up, and that Taft is as good as nominated. What The Bee declared then, and declares again with all possible emphasis, is that we will stand for the Republican ticket, with or without Taft. Now watch Trotter, St. Clair, Corrothers, and the rest of those few Negro Democrats, go scurry- And there will be some Shylocks ON THE FIRST BALLOT. It is quite evident that Secretary Taft will be nominated on the first ballot, if he is not by acclamation. Colored Republicans might as well accept the inevitable and reconcile themselves accordingly. The Bee desires to call the attention of an editorial from the Gazetteer and Guide, published in Buffalo, 'N. Y., by Mr. James A. Ross, one of the leaders of colored Democracy. Mr. Ross reads the riot act to colored Republicans, to the effect that, in the event of Mr. Bryan's or any other Democrat's nomination by the Democratic Convention at Denver, colored Democracy does not want colored Republicans to ask the Democratic candidate how he stands, on the Negro question. As a matter of fact, colored Americans know how Mr. Bryan stands, and hence it is useless to ask the question. Colored Democracy will ask, in the event of Democratic success; for the dismissal of every colored Republican in office. Mr. Bryan, if elected, would follow the dictation of his party and uphold the disfranchisement of colored Americans, as the Evening Star of this city, stated in its issue of May 9. The colored voters must support Mr. Taft, if nominated, or any other Republican, no matter how objectionable he may be to colored Americans. No Republican nominee, no matter how mean he may have been characterized, would declare in favor of the disfranchised laws that have been inaugurated by Democratic legislatures. Mr. Taft is no doubt the candidate of the Administration, and while the Administration may have made the mistake in the discharge of the colored troops, it has not failed to recognize colored men and place them in positions commensurate with their ability. It is an established fact that Mr. Cleveland never recognized but two Negro Democrats in this city, namely, Hon. J. C. Matthews, of Albany, a gentleman and a scholar; the other was a disgrace to the race and the Democratic party. A few colored men were appointed abroad to minor positions under the two Democratic administrations, but not to positions similar to those held by colored Americans today. Colored Americans, therefore, cannot afford to support the Democratic party, no matter who is nominated. Colored men should not be mislead by sentiment. False leadership seems to have taken a dangerous hold on some colored men, and many no doubt will be misled. If Mr. Taft is nominated, colored men cannot afford to desert now. If there are any deserters, they will be mercenary Negroes, whom the masses will not follow Mr. Taft will be nominated on the first ballot. It is with regret that The Bee is forced to comment on the action of those who had in charge the funeral of the late Thomas J. Sullivan, formerly chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The employes of the Bureau, especially the colored ones, know that Mr. Sullivan drew the color line, and colored employes were grossly discriminated against, without cause. It was not because they were incompetent, but on account of their color, which they keenly felt. After his sudden death The Bee presumed that it would end there, but did it? No. At his funeral the saddest spectacle was hundreds of colored men from the Bureau walking behind hundreds of whites They were not arranged according to the divisions, which would have mixed them. On the arrival of these men at St. Paul's Catholic Church every colored employee was compelled to occupy seats to themselves in the gallery, while the whites were seated in the main portion of the church to themselves. Thus in death colored employes were discriminated against. It would seem to The Bee, no matter what the disposition of one may be, in death all are upon one common level. Wherever his soul has taken flight, it will find all upon one common level. God knows no man by the color of his skin, but by the good Christian deeds done while upon earth. It must have been humiliating to the colored employees after following their chief to his grave to be pictured in the gallery of his church as an inferior race of people not good enough to sit with his brother in white. The Bee would have repudiated such humiliation. The Bee hopes that the successor of Mr. Sullivan will not be guilty of discrimination against his employees. CHRISTIAN XANDER DEAD Mr. Christian Xander, one of the best-known and one of the best-liked citizens of Washington, died last week at his home,909 Seventh street northwest. Mr. Xander was a good man, and his death will be a great loss to this community. By industry and perseverance he won his way till he rose to the topmost round of the ladder. In business he was fair and just. He was liberal, kind-hearted, and possessed many noble traits that commended him to the admiration of the entire community.. The Bee speaks of him as it knew him in life. He was buried Sunday. Funeral services were held in his residence, 909 Seventh street northwest. The burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Paul A. Menzel, pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church, officiated at the services, which were held at three o'clock. Delegations from Acacia Lodge, No. 18, F. A. A. M., the Saengerbund Maenmerchor, Arion Singing Society, and Business Men's Association, attended the ceremony. Mr. Xander was a member of each of these associations. After the funeral members of the Dichterbund; or Poets'.Club, gathered in Saengerbund Hall and commemorated the life and sterling qualities of the lamented brother in speeches and verse. POLITICAL VAMPIRES. In the present political contest there are hundreds of political vampires and hypocrites. Whenever a man declares for Mr. Taft, or if one should publish the exact status of political events, that is, colored editors especially, these vampires, who have themselves been purchased, declare that the editor or the persons have sold out and are traitors to the colored race. No man who fights within party lines is regarded as having sold out. It is the man who is defeated in party lines by his party and goes over to the Democratic party is the traitor. Any colored Republican who joins the Democratic party, in the event of the nomination of any man named by the National Republican Convention, is a Benedict Arnold or a Jeff Davis, no matter who he may be. No colored man with a grain of sense will think about deserting his party for Bryan. These same demagogues have fleeced Republican candidates, and they are angry because they cannot continue. WHERE DO WE STAND? The great question that confronts colored Americans is,Where do they stand? The President has declared against the colored soldiers who were dismissed from the army, and has emphatically stated that he will not reinstate them, notwithstanding the passage of the Foraker resolutions over his veto. It had been hoped that the Brownsville controversy would be settled between the President and the Senate. It seems, however, that the President has defied the Senate, and just where the colored Americans stand is a grave question. MR. RALPH APPOINTED. Mr. J. E. Ralph, as The Bee predicted last week, was appointed The Bee hopes that Mr. Ralph will rescind the "Jim Crow" orders that are now in existence in the Bureau and treat colored employees as they ought to be treated. It is also hoped that Mr. Ralph will see that colored laborers receive the same pay that white laborers receive, and see that worthy colored men and women are promoted. The Bee extends its congratulations to the new chief. FAIR PLAY. It is well that we have a strong hand at the helm of our schools, a hand that tolerates injustice in no form. This atmosphere is very unwholesome for the longer continuation of the petty absolute monarchies established in some of the special departments, particularly that of domestic science, where some of the most successful teachers have been accorded anything but fair play. Parents whose children have been graduated from a four-year high school course, together with a two-year course in applied subjects, have been debarred by the influence of this department from obtaining work of any kind in the schools. Teachers whose rating has been excellent and whose standing is good in the community have been required to take a back seat for the ones with poorer records, who were favorites. Such injustice can no longer thrive. We hope to see the deserving one reap the reward of honest albor. A summer school will be opened at Mannersville, in the Province of Good Sense. The Bee suggests that one of the superintendents attend this school instead of the Columbia, in New York. MRS. RICKETTS DEAD. The Bee extends its sympathy to Hon. Oscar J. Ricketts in his hour of bereavement. The death of Mrs. Ricketts was a sad blow to Mr. Ricketts, whom we all love and admire. May she rest in peace. NATIONAL COLORED DEMOCRACY. Will Oppose Any Meddling by Negro Republicans Asking for Pledges from the Democratic Party. From Gazetteer and Guide. At the recent meeting of the executive committee of the National Negro Democratic League after the meeting of the disgruntled Republican meeting in Philadelphia, and noticing several newspaper interviews by prominent Negro Republicans, as to the assurances from the Democratic party or Mr. Bryan, if nominated, to pledges and assurances, as to officeholding, this is something that Negro Democracy has never demanded. Negro Democracy has confidence in the leaders not only in the filing of office, but in everything else. Those who are inclined from a view of filling or securing office know, from local to Federal, the Democratic party has always given the Negro his quota of appointments when they have been successful at the polls, at least when they knew the Negro merited this. New York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and other States, have always given recognition to Negro Democracy. Mr. Cleveland's admiistration is the only recommendation that Negro Democracy desires. Under his admiistration more Southern Senators and Congressmen secured offices and maintained Negro Republicans in office than did Northern members. And the only regret that Negro Democracy had was that the majority of appointments was from the ranks of Negro Republicans, and all the appointments are today and have been since Mr. Bryan was nominated in 1896, affiliated with the Republican party. The disgruntled Republican politician must come into the party of the people who will become the dominant party after this election, and take seats in the rear, and show by their sincerity he is in the party from principle, and not from any mercenary motives. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. (Continued from first page.) Burd Cassel and former officials of the State of Pennsylvania, on the Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, who has been very sick at his home, was found in a sanitarium in this city last Monday night, where he is undergoing treatment for his nerves. There have been many changes made in the city postoffice recently. A large and appreciative audience attended the testimonial to Prof. J. T. Layton at the Metropolitan Church on M street. The True Reformers of this city entertained Dr. W. L. Taylor, of Richmond, Grand Worthy Master of the Order, his wife and daughter last Monday evening at the True Reformers' Hall. David C. Hanson, a confidential clerk in the Richmond Postoffice, has been arrested in that city, charged with embezzling a number of special delivery letters containing money. Hon. John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds, attended the A. M. E. Zion Conference. It is stated that Prof. Roscoe C. Bruce will deliver the class auditory address of the graduating exercises of the Avery Trade School in the State of Pennsylvania. NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE NOTES. The ninth annual session of the National Negro Business League is to be held at Baltimore, Maryland, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 19, 20 and 21, 1908. The Local Negro Business League of Baltimore, Mr. Harry T. Pratt, president, is in charge of the arrangements of entertainment, etc. The strongest forces among the Negro people of that city are co-operating with Mr. Pratt and the Local League to make the coming session a success. Reduced rates as usual will be secured for the meeting. The following Local Business Leagues have recently secured charters from the National Orgainzation, namely: Riverside, California; Sacramento, California; Annapolis, Maryland; and Natchez, Mississippi. Under decision of the National Negro Business League, no Local League is now recognized as such unless it holds a charter from the National Organization. Charters will be sent whenever requested by Mr. Emmett J. Scott, Corresponding Secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, on receipt of Postoffice Money Order or New York draft to cover same. Those interested in promoting business enterprises among theNegro people are urged to secure charters as early as possible, and to have their Leagues represented at the coming Baltimore session. The second annual meeting of the Texas Negro Business League will be held at Fort Worth, June 30, July 1 and 2, 1908. Hon. R. L. Smith, president of the Farmers' Improvement. Society of Paris, Texas, and Mr. R. C. Houston, Jr., a successful undertaker and the moving spirit in the establishment of the Negro Bank at Fort Worth, are earnestly devoting themselves to making the coming meeting an interesting and satisfactory one. Mr. Houston's effort to found a Negro bank at Fort Worth was seconded to the extent of having twenty-five thousand dollars paid in as the capital stock before the bank was even ready to open its doors. He has been similarly successful in other business directions. Mr. Smith's organization, the Farmers' Improvement Society, is, in many respects, the most potent racial organization in that State. The annual meeting of the Mississippi State Negro League is to be held at Vicksburg, July 1 and 2,1908. Mr. Charles Banks, president of the bank at Mound Bayou, has built up one of the strongest State Negro Business Leagues in the country. All of the influences that count in the uplift of the Negro people are allied with him in his effort to energize the business and commercial activities of the Mississippi Negro. Plans are also being formed at this time, though no dates have yet been set, for the annual meetings of the Arkansas State Negro Business League, the Indiana State Negro BusinessLeague, the Florida State Negro Business League, and the Colorado and Virginia Negro Business Leagues. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the president of the National organisation, recently gave utterance to the following statement in explanation of the purposes of the League: "The League is not a lodge; it pays no death benefits; it has no passwords, grips, and is not 'fraternal.' It is an organization of Negro business men. It offers to its members the fellowship of the men among the Negro race who have succeeded. It has no honors or dignities to bestow. It is not in politics, and is not run by political methods. It recognizes that in a free country like ours it is the individual who counts, and that it is in the competition and struggles of business that big men have been developed — men like Carnegie, Robert C. Ogden, Rockefeller, George Foster Peabody, etc. We have successful business men among us. We want to get them to know each other. As a race we have many special and peculiar business problems to settle. We want to find out what we are doing in a business way, and we want the best advice the best business men of the race can give us to assist in solving our special business problems. This is the purpose of the Business League. It has no other purpose. It does not seek to take the place of any other organization. It is like the organization of Negro physicians. Better than papers is a study of facts: How much business are we doing? How about credits? How can we improve our methods of selling, etc.?" MR. J. W. LYONS SPEAKS. Mr. J. W. Lyons, National Committeeman from Georgia, and delegate elect at large from that State, writes to the Evening Star, and among other things he concludes as follows: "I am for Foraker because he stands, as I understand it, for a Republican form of government and for fair play and a real square deal; the right to be heard before sentence and condemnation are passed; not alone for the colored man, but for the Jew, the Gentile, the white and black, and the poor, irrespective of condition or color. Because the lack of these things falls so heavily upon the twelve millions of people, worthy, industrious, and as true Americans as ever drew the breath of life, with whom I am identified by blood, I have, regardless of personal consequences cast my lot with this David from Ohio, who has come forth championing the rights of the overlooked and oppressed. ITEMS ON THE WING Senator Tillman says that the banquet given by the white women of New York to their colored friends hastens the war between the whites and blacks. (There is a great disposition on the part of some whites of the United States to bring about a race war in order to do the Negro. If these white people would only stop and look back at the devilment they have done the Negro they would shut up and keep quiet. All these things go to show the necessity of the American Negro being more firmly united.) The suit of Cornelius Crowley, a cousin of William Crowley, colored, for $10,000, who was driven from the deck of the Wakefield by Captain Randall to his death, has been withdrawn. (By mistake.) At the thirteenth annual convention of the Washington Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church it was voted to turn over the salary of the late Bishop of Washington to his widow, which amounted to $3,000 and house rent. Mrs. Catharine Burgess, colored, aged sixty-nine years, of the northeastern section of our city, died in New York last week. Funeral from 612 Maryland avenue northeast. Senator Whyte of Maryland, who died last week, was the only living man who voted against the Fifteenth Amendment. LEN EAI OL CEM OE Ten ain gee ee Se ny aes i = + - SB oa ) Pees Ae een ei . AS The 1), ee ENP 2 te EEC LED | 0 ke STi} ee bY aa HV! AA Wee, NEA . : | VG ) Ss Senso Rk SAAS oe AN NING) SS of the Mu-So-Lit, Club last Friday evening. Resolutions of regret touch- ing the death of Mrs, G. W. Jack- sonfi wife of a former vice president of the club, were introduced by Mr. S.J. Davidson, and adopted unani- mously. The memorial paid a beau- tiful tribute to the character and up- lifting Iabors of the deceased, The committee reported the admirably phrased resolutions was composed of Messrs. S. J, Davidson, M. Grant Lucas ond R. W. Thompson, Mrs. Florence Downes Garner, of 1632 O street northwest, is at home again, after a pleasant visit to At- lantic City and other points. Master Merrill Curtis, the talented son of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Curtis, carried off the lion’s share of the honors at the “Pops” entertainment last Friday evening at True Reform- er's Hall. <A large and fashionable audience was present, and repeatedly encoréd Master Curtis’ finely render- ed character song. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Prof. R. T. Greener and Mr. Clarence C. White returned this week from suc- cessful tours of the South and West. The local literary and sociological ercles are finding much information and food for studious reflection in Dr. Booker T. Washington’s lumi- nous and comprehensive description of “Negro Homes” in the current number of the Century Magazine. It points out in a new and attractive way the Wonderful progress the Ne- gro is making in the entire country, as illustrated by his vastly improved home life and mastery of the ethical side, of domestic environment, Recorder John C. Dancy and Reg- ister W. T. Vernon are not attend- ing the Methodist Gencral ‘Confer- ences on any political mission, but as-thurchmen and officers of their respective bodies. They have been attending these conferences every four years —Dancy having been con- tinuously serving as a delegate for the past twenty-cight years. Both are bitterly opposed to injecting pol- ities into religious assemblies, ta‘ the detriment of the work. they are sent to accomplish, and instead of trying to control them, in the interest of any party of individuals, they will use all their influence to keep such disturbing wrangles out of the de- liberations, Miss Maud Baxter has been ‘con- fined to, her home with an injured eye. : Mrs. A. W. Scott, wife of Attor- ney Scott, who has been ‘so ill, has improved sufficiently to be up and out again. Rey. Walter H. Brooks addressed the Bethel Literary last Tuesday eve- ning, The paper was discussed by Mr. M. C. Maxfield and others, The first anniversary of Trinity Baptist Church took place last Mon- day evening, Addresses were deliv- ered by Attorney A. W. Scott, T. L. Jones, Rev. Sales and others. Rev. Sales declared, among other things, that two-thirds of the colored Bap- tist preachers were dishonest. ‘Tomorrow evening in the main au- ditorium True Reformers’ Hall there will be a sacred Musical and Liter- ary entertainment by the officers and members of Saline Rosebud Nursery, No. 17. Proceeds for the benefit of the Old Folks’ and Orphans” Home. They will be assisted by the choir of Simpson Memorial M. E. Church, Mrs, A, V. Chase, leader; Miss Bea- triz L. Chase, organist, and W, Cal- vin Chase, Jr., cornetist. Silver of- fering at the door. Mrs. M. A. Minor, S. M.; Mrs. V. M, Jackson, J. M.; Master Emory Lewis, W. Pres.;Miss MassieHughes W. Sec.; W. R. Griffin, Chief, and Mrs, S, F, Lewis, Div. Sec. THE HONOR TO PROF.LAYTON _ The largest testimonial ever given 2 nme et het Sede Ga ee OR tb ‘ the guest of friends in Richmona, Va. last week. . Miss Cora Smith, of this ¢ity, has becn visting in Philadelphia recent- ly Mr and Mrs. David H. Mead, of Ene, Pa. had among their guests Vat week Mr."B. Smith, of this city. Last week Mr. CE. Conick was the guest of his parents, who are at Yonkers, XN. Y. 2 Miss Laura A. Reed, of Philadel- pha, Pa., was’a recent visitor to this ety Mr. Upton A. Wilson, of the Dis- trict, was among the guests at 2 re- ception last week given by’ Miss A. McGlasson, at Boston, Mass., in hon- or of Mrs, Florence Brown, of Syra- cuse, N.Y. Miss Carrie Lee was in Philadel- phia last week. - Last week Mr. Chester Gardner, of this city, was in Albany, N. Y., on business. Dr. W. L. Taylor, his wife and their daughter, Miss Beatrice Taylor, were entertained last Monday even- ing at the True Reformers’ Hall by members of the eighty-four lodges of this city. - Mrs, Robert Perry, of Philadel- phia, last week entertained Mesdames Clarence Gray and Marie Johnson, of this city. Doctors West and Shadd have re- turned home from Atlantic City. , Dr. Booker T.\Washington's forth- coming addresses to the Methodist General Conferences are attracting national attention. They will be ep- och-making in tone and matter “pre- sented. Dr. A. M. Curtis is at home again after a professional visit to Tuske- gee Institute, where he performed a mayor operation with great success upon one of the lady teachers of the school. He was assistedsby Dr. John | A. Kenney, in charge of the Institute Hospital. While there he was¢hown many social courtesies by Mrs. R. T. | Washington, Dr. and Mrs. Kenney, | Secretary Scott, and the various | clubs of the unique community. Dr. | Curtis attended the convention of the State Medical, Dental and Pharma- ceutical Association of Alabama at Montgomery, and was tendered a banquet by his brother professionals. The beautiful operetta “The Moon Queen,” which was given with such phenomenal success last week by Mrs. Madge Dyer White, Miss Josephine Weston and a company of nearly one hundred children, will be repeated, in response to popular demand, June 2, ” at True Reformers’ Hall, Twelfth and U streets northwest. Mrs, White de- signed all the costumes used in the first performance, and made six of them with her own hands. The pro- ceeds go for the benetit of the St. Luke's Church. . The gratuating exercises of the Trained Nurse Class of Freedmen’s Hopspital, in connection with the med- ical department of Howard Univer- sity, will he held next Wednesday evening in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at eight o'clock. Mr, Ralph W. Tyler, Auditor for the Navy De- partment, will deliver the commence- ment address. Mr. Nahum Daniel Brascher, oi Cleveland, Ohio, editor of the Cleve- land Journal,*réaches the city today. He will be the guest of -Auditor R. W. Tyler and the newspaper frater- - nity of the Cdpital. Prof. Thomas H, Johnson, of the “New Albany (Ind.) Postoffice, and wife, Mrs. Lillian Sterrett Johnson, <a prominent worker in the W. H. and F. M. Society of the A. M. E Zion Church will stop over from the Philadelphia General Conference,and spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson. Mr. A. H, Glenn, of the M-Street High School, read an excellent re- view of Dickens’ great novel “David BENEFIT CONCERT. [any citizen was tendered to Prof. John T. Layton by the citizens of Washington at the Metropolitan A. M. Church, Monday evening, May 11. The large turnout of citizens was an evidence of the esteem in which this well known singer and teacher is held by the citizens of Washington, The singing was excellent and each participant did well. Professor Layton should feel very highly elated over the ovation given him last Monday evening by all class es of citizens. — CORNERSTONE LAYING AND $s.000 GRAND RALLY. SE SSE wes. SE eatey Seer were nerstone and $3,00 Grand Rally have been completed, and will be held next Sunday, May 17, at 2.30 p.m. under the auspices of the Nimrod Grand Encampment, No. 1, A. O. K.+of J The organization will march from their hall at 1 p.m., headed by the National Band. a Addresses will bejdelivered byDr. R. D. Wynn, pastor: of the’ Bethany Baptist Church, and treasurer of the New England Bante Convention ; Dr. M. W, Gilbert, pastor of the Mt. Qlivet Baptist Church, of NewYork, and chairman of the educational board of the National: Baptist Con- vention of America; Judge E. M. Hewlett, Editor W. Calivn Chase, of The Bee; Dr. D. E. Wiseman, Dr. ‘M. W. Clair, pastor of the Asbury ‘M. E. Church;, Attorney A. W. Scott, Attorney Perri W. Frisby; Dr. S. L. ‘Corrothers and Dr. Simon P, W. Drew, pastor of the church. B Sunday, May 24, at 3 p.m., Educa- te and Song Service, con- ‘duéted by Miss Eva A. Chase,teacher of Jones School; address by Super- intendent A, T, Stuart and Assistant Superintendent R. C. Bruce, of the Public Schools of the District of Co- lumbia. A chorus choir, under the direction of Prof. W. A. Adams, will render special music, TWO TALENTED MUSICIANS “MAKING GOOD.” Denver is entertaining two distin- guished colored men today in the per- sons of Clarence Cameron White, a violinist of international reputation, and J. Gerald Tyler, pianist ond ban- tone soloist,who has the distinction of being the first and only man gradu- ate of Oberlin Conservatory, Ober- Im, Ohio, and who is at present su- perintendent of music in the Kansas City High Schools. Mr. Tyler is 2 brother of R. W. Tyler, recently ap- pointed Auditor for the Navy De- patment by President Rogsevelt. In addition to his training at Oberlin he studied under Herbert Wither- spoon and Oscar Garrelson, renown- ed in musical circles the world over. He was a ‘soloist with the United /States Marine Band Orchestra unde the direction of Coleridge-Taylor, a London composer of note.—Denver Times. PROF. WHITE MARRIED. Miss Julia V. Scott, of New York, formerly of Virginia, and Mr. Will- iam D, White, of Washington, D. C., were married in Fauquier Baptist Church, Goochland county, Va., on April 23, by the Rev. S. R. Harris. ‘The bridesmaid was Miss Janie Gray, and the best man Mr. E. J. Scott. Mrs. Emma Bowles played the wedding march, The bride wore lavender and carried carnations. Af- ter the ceremony the happy couple returned to Washington, D. C.,where they will reside, Prof. James N. Jackson, principal of the Mechanics- ville Public School, led the wedding march. a CAPT. JAMES F. OYSTER CON- an MENDED. , At a meeting of the Citizens’ As- sociation of the Parents and Friends of Jones School last evening “Which pupils of the school are eligible to membership” and other matters were discussed by the parents, with the president, Mrs, L. Taylor, in the chair, and Mr. E. Jackson secretary. This resulted in the passage of a resolution to consider as eligible’ all children as junior members who .are indorsed by parents as respecting the rights of others in the home, and by their teachers as respecting these rights in the street and school. Any violation of the rules of the associa- tion will be sufficient cause for re- calling the pledge. Eligible lists of pupils of the school are being made by the teachers. , The heartto-heart talk between the teacher and the, parent resulted in the passage of another resolution which reads: “When discord arises among children we, their parents, will come together for a reasonable and peaceful settlement.” . | A third resolution was passéd fatter the great benefit which Capt, James F, Oyster has been to the coramunity was discussed: « =, “Whereas we, the members:of the Citizens’ Association of Parents -and Friends of- Jones School, wish to ex- press our appreciation of the peace and harmony now existing in the schools, and that we believe that un- der the leadership of Capt. James F. Oyster much more good will be ac- complished; therefore, be it “Resolved, That a committee from this association be instructed to ask for his reappointment.” Mrs. L. Taylor, the president; Mrs. | | am ? 2 ea ES ae 3 od Be | ba” EA ES, to c+ See a ae Dae Oo a E ae. er ‘ CAPT. JAMES F. OYSTER, Cardoza and Mrs. Chestnut were ap- pointed to make known the wishes of the association to members of the District. Supreme Court A committee on printing was ap- pointed, consisting of Mrs. A. Green, Mrs. C. Green, Mrs. A. Dean, Mrs. Cfaggett, Mrs. Holcombe and Mrs. Fenderson. : The next business transacted was the report of new members. Many hasten to join. The following art the names of the parents who were received into the association Mr. -D, A. ae Mrs. Clara Davis, Mrs. Dola Cardoza, Mrs. Beatrice Clag- gett, Mrs. Rachel Holcombe. The honorary members ure as fol- iows: Rev. Howard, Rev. Sylves- ter Corrothers, Rev. S. P. W. Drew, Rey, Claire and Rev. W. B. Johnson, Attorney W. C. Chase, Attorney L. Melendez King, Mrs. I, G, Richard- son, Attendance Officer Dr. Mitchell Miss S. C. Lewis, principal of Cook School; Mr. J. W. Cromwell, prin- cipal of Banneker School; Mr. Lew; is, principal of Garfield School, and Miss J. Freeman, teacher of domes- tic science, ¥ The junior members are Angella Braxton, Juanita Howard, Sterling | Fields, Guy Bowlie, Mamie Cooper and Natalie McGinnis, who are pu- pils in the High School. A letter indorsing the work which is being done by the parents of Jones School was receiver from Prof.Hugh Brown, of Cheney, Pa., which" wil appear in full in ov. next issue. J. E. RALPH HEADS BUREAU. Secretary Cortelyou Monday ap- pointed Joseph E. Ralph director of the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing, to succeed the late Thomas J. Sullivan, as idrecasted in the Timeg Saturday. . Mr. Ralph was the assistant direc- tor under Director Sullivan, and has been connected with the bureau for twelve years, holding at one time the position of custodian of dies, rolls, and plates. He is a native of Alle- gheny City, Pa., and a legat resdent of Joliet, Ill, where he was employed as an expert mechanic in the steel works before coming to Wasihngton. He also served as vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, taking‘a promi= nent and active interest in the affairs of organized Jabor, He has been an active and consistent Republican and had he support of SpeakerCannon and the Republican members of the Illi- nois delegation in Congress. Popular with Employes, Mr. Ralph has taken an active part in the movement to secure a new building for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. His appointment has been well received by the employes of the Bureau, many expressions of good will and pleasure at his promo- tion already having been tendered the new director, It is understood that the position of assistant director will go to James M. Fisher, appointment and corre- spondence officer and confidential sec- retary to the director. a WARREN & TURNER. If you want to see some of the most-perfect pictures in the world The. Bee invites the-public to the studio of Messrs. Warren & Turner, te Ge La “ee dite: y oe ge hae gee / at eee rhe i E: oe a PEE Re ES 5 ! ‘ HES Cae Mae re A . 4 r . eee ae / ; Pe na a ete, 4 a ae \ ees a 7 aa 5 Sad ae ae moe! oe a Bee ca me ge TAN eR se NS 41 . ae ee, wat i.£5§. ama Sete SY Dise The Whitman Sisters are making fine runs in Chicago and mecting with great success. This is gratifying and proper; these people are no fakes, but strong, intelligent, Christian people from one of the Negro families in the South, and their plays and renditions have never been surpassed in Chicago.: They give more than the worth of the audi- tor's money in any performance.The Conservator is proud that the good, appreciative people of -Chicago are so liberally “ encouraging this excellent family of talent and push. ‘The Whitman Sisters move on merit and not in cheap gush. While we know these sweet sisters are not struck on The Conservator because we misplaced the picture of one of them, as they thought, in our columns, we know the family and want to see them succeed even if they do not understarid us. They are good and intelligent people. Encourage them, Ebenezer A.M. E, Church,Monday, May 11, 1908, Friendship Church, Friday, May 15. : Mt. Airy Baptist Church, Tuesday, May 19. Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Wednesday, May 20. 5 8 Trinity A. M. E, Church, Thurs-day, May 21. a Tenth Street Baptist Church, Fri-day, May 22. : Metropolitan A. M. E. ‘Church, Monday, May 25. so, St. Paul A, M. E. Church, Tues-day, May 26. . Return'engagement Second Baptist Church, Monday, May-18, - Lane C. M. E. Church, Wednesday, May 27. = Walker Memorial Baptist Church, Thursday, May 28, Return to Ebenezer A, M. E. Ch.,Friday, May 29. zi Metropolitan Baptist Church, Mon-day, June 1. . . ‘Ebenezer M. E. Church, Wednes-day, June 3. \ Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Ch,, Thursday, June 11. \ For all engagements apply at 502M street northeast. [ REE GT nk Mabel Whitman, Manager. ColoredSkinMadeLighter 8 By Use of WONDERINE TIS FRANCOIS DE SALLE, . P.O. BOX 1837., New York Cityo\— (Sent by mail on receipt of 50 cents.) . NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. . The new photographic studio of Warren & Turner has just open- ed. It is an’ up-to-date studio andone tht commends itself by the superior class of work it turns out. = Life-size portraits in oil, pastel and water colors, _& WARREN & TURNER, 1248 Ninth Street Northwest, ° FORSALE — | . 1622 11th St, N. W. . = = -.-Two-Story, Bay Window, Pressed Brick, Nine-Rooms, Two Stair-. ways, Two Bathrooms, Modern and Up to Date. Small cash pay~— ment; rest, like rent. . FOR SALE. . In beautiful Le Droit Park — 408 Spruce Street Northwest, Two-story, Bay Window, Brick, Six Rooms, Cellar, Very Large- lot. Small cash payment; rest, like rent. . . . * FOUNTAIN PEYTON, . ; . 494 Louisiana Ave. N. W. | Bl reece ne i ees 1248 Ninth street northwest. Both of these artists are experts in the business, and are young men of su- perior skill. The reception and business parlors are beaw‘ifully furnished, and upon the walls are specimens of their work and artistic skill. An investigation of their work will convince anyone that these gentlemen are masters of their profession. Some of the most prominent and well known persons will be seen sus- pended against the walls. The work- manship is indeed fascinating to the eye. 5 In the rear is a Jarge ground floor room where the artists execute their work, and it is done to perfection, ‘Mr. Warren is a young man of re- finement and ability. He is genial in his manners and has an accommodat- ing disposition. He is originally from New York City, where he conducted a fine business. Mr. Turner needs no introduction to the people of Wasihngton. He has been with some of the largest ‘firms in the city. . Both are well-trained business men who have opened a first class studio for the benefit.of the people, itre- spective of race or color. Their work is of superior quality, and a trial will. convince anyone that The Bee's no- tice of this firm is ‘justified by the- work it furns out. Go and inspect for yourself. No: 1248 Ninth street northwest. THE BEE IS ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES IN THIS CITY: ‘ Dr, A. S. Gray, Twelfth and You. streets northwest. E Mr. M. Byrd, 1500 Fourteenth: street northwest. Mr. J. H. Ellis, 489 Missouri ave- nue northwest. Mr. W. H. Lee, 920 Twentieth Street northwest. Blue Eyes That Haunt Me So. WILLIAM A. CALLANAN. Andante moderato. HEDWIG VON ARNIM. 1. Ivo 1. 0 p expressivo. dreamed of you, Frau, O eyes of blue, blau Since first lief I saw your das rog - uish smile; Herz hin - ein; You did not know your glance a - glow Should Du ahn - test's nicht, Dein Bild so licht, Sollt Copyright, 1906, by The American Melody Co., New York. Kleinert's DRESS SHIELDS Every pair of Kleinert's Dress Shields Is warranted. When properly used, we will not only refund money paid for shields that are not perfect, but will hold ourselves responsible for any resulting damage to gown. Kleinert's Dress Shields are made in ten sizes, from size 1 to size 10. If your dealer does not keep the kind or size you want, send us 25c. for sample pair of either kind in size 3. If you want a larger size, add 5c. for each additional size. Send for our Dress Shield Book. Is worth reading. Sent free on application. I. B. KLEINERT RUBBER CO. 721-723-728-727 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. W.B. Reduso CORSETS rset en For large lose support- $3.00. the same as white batiste. as 20 to 36. For large except that the side of white es 20 to 36. the same as batiste. Hose Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 770. For large tall women. Made of white couil. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 771. Is the same as No. 770, but is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 772. For large short women. The same as No. 770, except that the bust is somewhat lower all around. Made of white caoutil, hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 773. Is the same as No. 772, but made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. Ask any dealer anywhere to show you the new W. B. hip-subding models, which will produce the correct figure for prevailing modes, or any of our numerous styles which are made in such a variety as to guarantee perfect fit for every type of figure. The Perfect Corset for Large Women It places over-developed women on the same basis as their slender sisters. It tapers off the bust, flattens the abdomen, and absolutely reduces the hips from 1 to 5 inches. Not a harness—not a cumbersome affair, no torturing straps, but the most scientific example of corsetry, boned in such a manner as to give the wearer absolute freedom of movement. Kleinett's BEST BUY THE GEM DOUBLE COVERED Kleinett's BEST BUY FEATHER WEIGHT WASHABLE Kleinett's 2 S CUNG ODORLESS NO RUBBER. --- COLICACIES FOR AN "AT HOME." Danty and Artistic Way of Serving Punch, Bonbons and Wafers. Specially dainty and nuttifically arranged were the refreshments served last week at a fashionable but "l. mey" "A. Home." It was in one of the new apartment houses, but the dining-room being at the far end of the long hall, refreshments were served in the little library off the drawing-room. The library table, protected top and lower shelf with renaissance scarfs and twined with smilax about the rim and down the legs, held in its center the big cut glass bowl of punch. This had a smaller wreath of smilax about its base, but the rim was encircled with small clusters of white grapes arranged to hang carelessly half outside and half in the bowl. A vase of American Beauty's s. plates of nut and mayonnaise and cheese and mayonnaise sandwiches, a loaf of home-made chocolate cake on a silver plate, low glass dishes of bonbons each in its fluted paper case, and other plates of delicate chocolate and nut wafers, occupied the top of the table. The undershelf held the reserve of plates, punch glasses and napkins. The wheeled tea table on the other side of the room was also wreathed with smilax, handle, wheels and all. On this was the coffee service and plates of salted English wal nuts and olives.—Kansas City Star. HOW TO MAKE LAMPS BURN. Small Piece of Camphor In Oil Vessel Is a Good Thing. Any amount of trouble arises from trying to read or write by a bad light; not only does it affect the eye, but the whole nervous system as well. Work done by a poor light is never a success; the brain and hands can not do their best under a strain, and time as well as health is wasted. In the country candle or lamp light is generally used, for a gas or an electric plant is not always near at hand. It is often a good thing, for most of the ocular trouble nowadays is put down to the electric burners. For a good steady light there is nothing better than a lamp, but like most everything it has to have attention. After cleaning well and filling it, place a small lump of camphor in the oil vessel—this will greatly improve the light and make the flame clearer and brighter. If you have no camphor add a few drops of vinegar occasionally. Washing Fluid. Take two pounds unslaked lime and one pound washing soda; put in tub and pour about one and one-half gallons boiling water on it. Cover the tub and let settle. When settled dip off the fluid carefully and put in a gallon jug. If it doesn't fill the jug add make me love you all this while. mir der Stern der Liebe sein. Until that hour my heart was free, Bis zu der Blund war ich gans frei, Mein nelther knew nor pain, nor woe.... But now, dear heart, It grieves for thee,— Herz kann' wo der Leid noch Pein.... Die Ruh' ist hin, die Freud' vor-bei, Ich blue eyes that haunt me so, seh' dein blau-es Aug' al-lein, But now, dear heart, It grieves for thee, die Freud' vor-bei, Ich blue eyes that haunt me so, seh' dein blau-es Aug' al-lein, That haunt.... me so. so. Dein Aug'..... al-lein. -lein. LUE EYES THAT HAUNT ME SO. 2-3 LUE EYES THAT HAUNT ME SO. 2-2 SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a new or旧手 in trade by our Chicago retail stores. 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The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes, a special factory price to the rider of only $4 per pair. the rider of only $4.50 per hour, our orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval. You do not pay a fee until you have examined and found them strictly as presented. We will allow a easy discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDERL and enclose this advertisement. We will a $2 send one nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is safe as in a bank. If you order a pair of tires, you will find that they will ride easier run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. approval. You do not pay a fee until you have examined and We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby make send FULL CASH WITH OKDLIK and enclose this adve nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this demand don't buy any kind at all IF YOU NEED TIRES Hedgehorn Puncture-P the special introductory price quoted above; or write for our bids describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. Write for Press Pocket Mirror and Beauty Book Try it for yourself—simply se and packing) and we will se applications—Write to-day. PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD BLDG. DEPT. M more o'r water to the setting in the tub and sattle us before. The is supposed to make one gallon. When jug is full and it is ready for use. When wetting, add half cutful flound to two thirds of water in which to soak the cinder all the same amount to the b well need less soap and the be clean and white with just soak. Knife of the Meat Tender. may add a piece with a for milch name and a simple meaning. To make it simply to eat it in a mixture for some hours, or even days, with the idea of trying its flavor or softening its fibers and making it tender. Yinner, all, popped and salt are mixed together and the meat packed in the mixture. Some are a slice onion and some hearts are a slice. The meat should, of course, be wiped first, but not washed. The piece more frequently used for meat than for fish—The Deilneator. Sticken Turnovers: If you have too small a quantity of chicken to serve in any other way, try chicken turnovers. Mince the meat fine, season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg or mace, and misten well with cold chicken gravy. Roll out some short pie crust, and cut in rounds the size of a saucer. Wet the edges with cold water, place one tablespoon of meal dotted with bits or butter, on one-half of the round, fold over the other half turning up the edges little and pinching them well together. Bake in the oven or fry in deep fat. An Economical Stew. Slice some cold beef or mutton, season with salt and pepper, dredge it a little flour out it in a stew pan, with some of the cold gravy, or if there be none left, and a little water. Slice an onion line and add to it also a few potatoes. Stew, gently until the meat is tender. If gravy is not used a little butter rolled in it should be added a few minutes before the stew is served. Cocoa Pc. One pint scalded milk, yolks of two eggs and white of one tbacon, one cup sugar, two tablespoons cocoa, litte piece butter. Cook in solder and thicken with oat heaping tablespoon cornstarch. Have the crust baked first, pour mixture in and frost with white of one egg, beaten and sweet ened. Set it on oven long enough to brown frosting ScruJ Mqp The best scrub or mop cloth is made this way: Take old stocking legs, cut open at seam in back, sew together, using the longest stitch of your machine, alternating tops and bottoms, which will make the cloth square. Use as many as you wish. These take up the water more readily than any other kind and consequently save much time. NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship to anyone, anywhere in the U. 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We a.e satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. We sell the highest grade bicycles under your own name plate at our prices. we less filled the day received. until you have examined and found them strictly as presents out of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.85 per pair) if you WRDERL and enclose this advertisement. We will a send on Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is a safe as in these tires, you will find that they will ride easier run faster than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. BES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of tires Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial quoted above, or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. Write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonder costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. CLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, IL Remove the dandruff if you want fine lustrous hair. Give your hair a chance to thrive by using ED. PINAUD'S (Eau de Quinine) HAIR TONIC Beautiful women in the world of fashion keep their hair healthy and beautiful by regular use of this pearless French preparation. it for yourself—simply send us loc. (to pay postage packing) and we will send you enough for three cations—Write to-day. PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD Try it for yourself—simply send us loc. (to pay postage and packing) and we will send you enough for three applications—Write to day. ```markdown ``` Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and punct strips "B" and "D" also rl strip "H" to prevent rmu cue ing. This may be another make- NIFT, ELASFIC and EASY RIDING. ter is received. We ship C. O. D. on round them strictly as presented, at the price $4.85 per pair) if you assemble. We will a-send one response if for any re-on they are money sent to us is a-safe as in they will ride easier run faster, or used or seen at any price. We bicycle you will give us your order, ble tire offer. price until you send for a pair of of tires on approval and trial at Fire and Sundry Catalogue which are usual prices. T THINK OF BUYING a bicycle you know the new and wonderful Write it NOW. CHICAGO, ILL. NAUD'S Quinine) TONIC us loc. (to pay postage you enough for three D. PINAUD McCall Patterns 10 15 NEW STUDIO McCall Patterns 50 YEAR MAGAZINE There are now McCall Patterns sold in the United States than of any other make of patterns. This is an account of their style, economy and simplicity. McCall's Magazine (The Queen of Fashion) has many pictures other than any other Indian Magazine. One may purchase one in the magazine 50 copies at number 8, & others. Every subscriber gets a McCall Pattern Free, by mail today. THE BEE AND McCALL'S GREAT FASHION MAGAZINE for one year for $20 $10. Editor Ree Find enclosed two dollars Send it my address below The Bee and McCALL's Fashion Magazine for one year No. Street Town BUY THE NEW HOME LIGHT RUNNING SEWING MACHINE Before You Purchase Any Other Write THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY ORANGE, MSPA Many Sewing Machines are made to sell of quality, but the "New Home" is made wear. Our guaranty never runs out. We make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions of the trade. The "New Home" stands at the head of all High-grade family sewing machines Sold by authorized dealers only. FOR SALE BY WE DO BUSINESS AT ONE PRICE Misfit Clothing Parlor, Fine Garments (Slightly Worn) Made by Our Leading Tailors. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. Astablished 1865. 619 D St. N. W BEST USE OF DISINFECTANTS. Knowledge That Every Good Housekeeper Should Have. Every household needs disinfecting, and the proper use of the ordinary deodorizers is knowledge that every good housekeeper should have. Not only do these useful things make a house pleasanter to live in, but they also make it healthful. So many good disinfectants are on the market at the present time that there is a wide choice for the careful woman. They are classed under three headings: Disinfectants which purify the water, air, clothes, etc.; antiseptics that arrest putrefaction, and deodorizers that destroy disagreeable smells. Heat, of course, is a powerful disinfectant, and boiling water may be used when it is practicable and possible to reach the spot to be disinfected. When obliterating traces of disease—measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria—burn sulphur in the room after mopping all cracks and crevices with newspapers so that it will be airtight. During the illness a sheet saturated with a solution of carbolic acid should be bung over the doorways, even when the doors are shut, to protect the other members of the family from possible contagion. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If the knife and fingers are slightly buttered when seeding raisins the work will be robbed of its stickiness and discomfort. A pinch of salt will make the white of an egg beat quicker, and a pinch of borax in cooked starch will make the clothes stiffer and whiter. Sunshine is destructive to mirrors. It causes the glass to assume a milky appearance, and the mirror will never be so clear again in spite of whatever is done to it. To clean silver trimmings—Cover the surface with well dried and finely powdered magnesia, and let it lie for a couple of hours. Afterward rub in the powder and brush off with a hard brush. In ironing the plait of the back of a shirtwaist, on which the tiny buttons are sewed, try laying it on flannel or a Turkish towel as you do embroidery. The buttons sink in and the material is ironed. A good home-made cement for broken crockery is unslacked lime or plaster of paris mixed with the white of an egg to the consistency of cream. A cement that is practically waterproof is made by dissolving ordinary white glue in warm milk. E.VOIGT MANUFACTURINGJEWELER 725 7th Street, Northwest Everybody has some friend who may be mother or father, sister or brother may be a sweetheart — and no better to gladden the heart of another. Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-ducted and we feel satisfied that an can be found anywhere. Why not go will be laid aside and delivered with WATCHES We mention here but a few on our specials. Greetlemen's 20-year Gold Filled American Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Ladies' 20-year Gold Filled Stem Winders and Setters, $10. Everybody has some friend whom they wish to make happy. It may be mother or father, sister or brother. It may be a wife, or it may be a sweetheart — and no better time than Christmas is so appropriate — so suggestive. Nothing makes the feel happier than to gladden the heart of another. Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-brac is now complete. Each inspected and we feel satisfied thata visit from you will bear us out can be found anywhere. Why not give us a call tomorrow? will be laid aside and deliveredwhen wanted. Experienced clerks Gentlemen's Taharat Solid Gold Amercan Stem Winders and Setters, as cheap as $25. Children's Solid Silver Watches with Pin Attachment, $3.50; regular price, $2.50. Ladies' Solid Gold Watches, Open Face, $8.00. Boys' Solid Silver Watches, $5.00 up. DIAMONDS. Put Your Money in Diamonds. No Better Investment Today. Prices in the Diamond market are advancing, but OUR PRICES HAVEN'T 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 simulators, and our fair percentage of n is all we ask. So, as long as these Diamonds last, it will be possible to buy them here under the regular market for RECIPES OF VALUE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONCOCTION OF EVERYDAY DISHES. French Method of Preparing Herring as a Relish—Menu for a Good Plain Dinner—To Prepare Scallops. To prepare herring for a relish in the French way known as harang saur marine, choose the dried herring. Broil them and remove the skin and bones. Cut them in neat little strips. Arrange them in a dish with layers of sliced or grated onion. The former looks the better, but the grated onion seems more digestible. Dress with oil, vinegar and pepper. Serve as a relish for lunchon. A Plain Soup.—Leeks and potatoes make a good soup. Choose such a menu as this for a good plain dinner. Leek and potato coup, beefsteek, French fried potatoes, spinach with hard-bolled eggs and radishes. For dessert, apple sauce, Swiss cheese and coffee. If the cheaper fish must be bought for baking, such as cod, it may be much improved by baking it on a bed of vegetables and laying strips of bacon or unsmoked pickled fat pork over it; basting frequently. Filets of fish, nicely fried, may be served with a brown sauce hot with curry powder. Large gherkin pickles may be cut in fan-shaped slices and arranged with lemon slices for a garnish, or use sliced lemon with some chopped parsley sprinkled over it. How to. Prepare Scallops.—Scallops are a very cheap form of shell-fish, obtainable in our markets, but more used by the foreign population, who know their excellence. While they require careful cleaning in more than one water, they are then available in many forms in place of clams and oysters or fish. They must be steamed in a kettle with about a pint of water, and a bouquet of herbs is desirable. When they open they can be cooled and the meat taken out and served in a variety of ways. Save the broth in the kettle. A cowlder can be made in the usual way by brown'-some onion in fat salt W.Sidney Arch W.SidneyPittman Architect RENDERING IN MONOTONE, WATER COLOR AND PEN & INK STEEL CONSTRUCTION Phone: Main 6059—M. Office J. dividual piece has been carefully s that we have as fine a selection as Any article that you may select Pelite attention. ```markdown ``` How to Clean Mahogany. Spread paraffine oil on the solled woodwork and let it stand for an hour or more to soften the dirt, then wash with soap and warm water and wipe dry. Next run on a mixture of paraffine oil and turpentine—one third turpentine and two-thirds oil. Polish with soft old flannel. Let it rest for an hour or two, then rollsh with soft old linen. If the surface is very dull, dirty and scratched, instead of washing with soap and water, add more oil and sprinkle powdered rottenstone over it. Rub gently and regularly, first with a circular motion and then with the grain of the wood. When the surface is smooth and bright wipe off the rottenstone and finish as you would after washing with the soap and water. Pumpkin Fanchonettes. To each two cupfuls of stewed and strained pumpkin add one cupful of milk, two tablespoonfuls flour, one tablespoonful of butter, one-quarter teaspoonful each of cinnamon and ginger, a grating of nutmeg, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half cupful of sugar. Heat the pumpkin, add the dry materials, well mixed, then add the milk, butter and beaten yolks of eggs, reserving the whites for a meringue. Cut out pastry in rounds to fit over gem pans, bake, then fill with the mixture, which has been cooked and partially cold, cover with the meringue and finish in a moderate oven. Recipe for Herring Dish. A herring dish brought over from Normandy by a French woman is prepared in this way: A big onion is chopped fine and fried in butter until it is a rich golden brown, but not burned. Then it is removed and six big herrings are put into the pan and cooked. When they are nicely browned, they are arranged on a hot plate with the onions, and a sauce made with salt, pepper and two tablespoonfuls of sugar cocked together is turned over them. Mustard is passed with them. A Canned Peach Dessert Cut stale snonge cake into round pieces an inch thick. Place these in a glass dish and moisten them with the sirup from a can of large half peaches. Place a half peach on each piece, with the inside up. Sweeten some whipped cream and flavor it with vanilla. Then blanch some almonds and chop them, very fine and add them to the cream. Heap this on each half peach. Serve any that remains in a separate dish. Safety Pin Needle for Tape. Take a safety pin, stick pin securely through end of tape, fasten pin, then as the pin is smooth it will go through goods easily, drawing tape with it. Is especially good for tape that is too wide for ordinary needle. RFTWEFNG & II Ladies' Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150. Ladies' Diamond Brooches, $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. KEYSTONE D-759 --- pork in a kettle, then, when both are browned, add a little water and boil a few minutes before adding some scallop broth and sliced potatoes. When the potatoes have cooked a few minutes, add the scallops and let all cook for five minutes. Season with salt and pepper and red pepper. Add some rich milk, and, if licked thicker, rub a little butter and flour together and put in the chowder. When it is served add some toasted crackers. Dust Brocm. For the stick of the dust broom cut one from an old broom and pad the rough end, using a circle of old cloth about ten inches in diameter and put a good bit of cotton batting in the center. Insert the sticks and fasten the pad firmly on to it with heavy twine. Take old flannel underwear and cut into strips 12 inches wide, slitting each strip in two-inch widths, like a fringe, leaving one and one-half inches along one edge. Cut enough of these to make a good full broom and sew them to the padding on the stick. Saturate with kerosene oil and allow it to dry completely before using. This is a great improvement over the regulation "broom bag," as the strips get into the corners, around the legs of the furniture, etc. The oil takes up the dust readily and imparts a polish to the floor. Benewing Oilcloth When oilcloth has been laid for a few months and is beginning to lose its shiny surface, it can be renewed and made to lost twice as long. Melt a little ordinary glue in a pint of water, letting it stand on the top of the oven until it is dissolved. Wash the oilcloth thoroughly and let it dry. Then at night, when no one will walk on it, go over the entire surface carefully with a flannel dipped into the glue water. Choose a dry day for doing it, and by morning you will have a fine gloss. To Mend a Torn Garment. When a silk or cloth garment is torn, procure a few threads of the warp of the goods and darn as you would a stocking. If you have no pieces from which this may be obtained, perhaps there is a straight edge on one of the seams from which a few threads may be taken. In this way the repair is made of exactly the same shade as the cloth.—The Delineator. y Pittman nitect PATENT DRAWINGS DRAFTING,DETAILING,TRACING BLUE PRINTING TION A SPECIALTY. 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W M GOOD CEMETERY ACCOMMODATIONS Offered Metallic Caskets on Hand For Shipping Best Service Guaranteed Use Hines Cloth Casket. J H. Winslow J H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE. TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. JH DABNEY Carriages hired for funerals, parties, balls, receptions, etc. Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction, guaranteed. Business at 1132 Third street northwest. Main office branch at 222 More street, Alexandria, Va. OF SATISFACTION IS A RARE THING IN MOST $3.00 SHOES. SHOES AT THIS PRICE USUALLY LACK STYLE OR COMFORT OR BOTH. THE STYLE OF MORE EXPENSIVE SHOES AND GOOD SOLID VALUE ARE FOUND IN OUR SIGNET SHOE because of the exceptional attention bestowed on the making. The only cheapness in it anywhere is the price. A Coodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsomest lasts, in the most popular leathers. Looks first rate and wears that way every time. It's worth vour while to come in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy Always welcome. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES. other Candidates Contested..... Alabama .....22 18 14 4 .. 8 Arizona .....2 2 2 .. .. 2 Dist. Columb 2 2 .. 2 .. .. Florida .....10 10 10 .. .. 10 Georgia .....26 8 .. 8 .. .. 2 Hawaii .....2 2 .. 2 .. .. Illinois .....54 54 2 8 44 .. Indiana .....30 30 .. .. 30 .. .. Iowa .....26 26 26 .. .. .. Kansas .....20 20 20 .. .. .. Kentucky .....26 4 2 .. .. 2 2 Louisiana .....18 14 .. 12 2 2 Maine .....12 12 6 6 .. .. Maryland .....16 16 12 4 .. .. Massachusetts 32 30 16 14 .. .. Michigan .....28 12 10 2 .. .. Minnesota .....22 22 22 .. .. Mississippi .....20 20 2 18 .. .. 12 Missouri .....36 32 32 .. .. 6 Nebraska .....16 16 16 .. .. .. Nevada .....6 6 .. 6 .. .. New Hampsh 8 8 .. .. 8 .. .. New Jersey .....24 4 4 .. .. .. New Mexico 2 2 2 .. .. .. New York .....78 72 2 16 54 .. .. North Carol.24 20 20 .. .. 2 Ohio .....46 40 40 .. .. 4 Oklahoma .....14 14 14 .. .. 4 Pennsylvania 68 68 .. .. 68 .. .. Philippines .. 2 2 2 .. .. .. Porto Rico .. 2 2 .. .. 2 .. .. Rhode Island 8 8 .. .. 8 .. .. South Carol.18 14 .. .. 14 .. .. 2 South Dakota 8 8 .. .. 8 .. .. Tennessee .....24 24 24 .. .. 16 Vermont .. 8 8 .. .. 8 .. .. Virginia .....24 24 14 10 .. .. West Va. .....1 14 .. .. .. Wisconsin .....26 1 .. .. 25 In Louisiana, later conventions will be held by that portion of the party which is recognized on the State ballot. In the Arkansas and Tennessee contests, only Taft delegates are involved. All Missouri contests are in the city of St. Louis. The "uninstructed" Virginia delegates were elected under instructions which practically direct them to recognize the action of the State convention. The State convention instructed for Taft. While the Massachusetts delegates at large are uninstructed, the State convention passed a resolution declaring that a majority of the delegates are for Taft. Two of the uninstructed New York delegates have declared their intention to vote for Taft. The Wsconsin and sixty-four Pennsylvania delegates were elected at primaries and declared their choice for president, therefore are classed as "instructed." At least ninety-seven of the one hundred uninstructed delegates have publicly declared their purpose of voting for Secretary Taft. Six Maine delegates classed as instructed for Taft were chosen under strong "preference" resolutions. DEATH OF MRS. VIRGINIA WAUGH. After a brief illness, Mrs. Virginia Waugh passed from this life at her residence, 2206 Cleveland street N. W., Tuesday last at five o'clock p.m. The deceased was the widow of Jas. H. Waugh, late first sergeant of Company K, First U. S. C. Inft. Vois. She was a native of Fairfax Co., Virginia, but for more than thirty-five years last past resided in this city. Being of irreproachable character and integrity, remarkably industrious and unusually intelligent, the deceased was most highly esteemed and appreciated by all who enjoyed her acquaintance. For ten years last past she held the office of Worthy Treasurer of Silver Queen Household of Ruth, No. 740, G. U. O. of O. F., to which she was unanimously elected annually. She was also a member of Miriam Chapter of O. E. S. and the Cliff Rock Relief Association. The deceased leaves two daughters Miss Flora V. Waugh and Mrs. A. E. Reed — and two sisters — Mrs. Annie E. Shepherd, of Boston, Mass., and Mrs. F. Collins, of this city, and many staunch friends to mourn her passing. Funeral services were held at one o'clock p.m. yesterday at Asbury M. E. Church, Dr. M. W. Clair, pastor, officiating. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. CITY NEWS. The House Monday agreed to the Perri W. Frisby, Attorney. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS.. TRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holdin Probate Court. No. 15201 Administration I wish to say that my hair was only about three inches long and so kinky, stiff and harsh I could not manage it at all. But since I took two jars of your HER-TRU-LINE I have as pretty suit of hair as any lady in Atlanta. I wish everyone with curly or kinky hair knew of this wonderful HER-TRU-LINE. SOUTHERN MEDICINE CO. We will send anyone a large size jar of Her-Tru-Line, postage paid, on the receipt of 50 cents. We want agents in every town and community. Liberal commission, and a wonderful seller, and the most wonderful preparation known to science. Address Southern Medicine Company, Box 754, Atlanta, Georgia. THE HER-TRU-LINE Is on sale at the following Drug Stores: Board & McGuire, 1912 1-2 Fourteenth street northwest. William H. Davis, 2001 Eleventh street northwest. W. S. Gray, Twelfth and U streets, northwest. Julius Mayer, Fourth and N streets, northwest. C. G. Smith, Tenth and R streets, northwest. L. H. Harris, Third and F streets, southwest. William E. Gales, 502 Nichols avenue, Anacostia. W. S. Smith, Seventh and Pomeroy streets northwest. Nappers Pharmacy, 186 Seventh street northwest. Singleton, Pharmacy, Twentieth and E streets northwest. A. F. Pride, Twenty-eighth and P streets, Georgetown. W. D. Brace, Thirtieth and M streets northwest. Charles W. Wagner, Fifth and New York avenue northwest. Sparks Pharmacy, Third and D sts., northwest. SALES AND DABNEY, FUNERAL DIRECTRESSES AND PRACTICAL EMBLAMERS. SUCCESSORS TO STEWART CAMPBELL, CARRIE SALES AND Richardson Pharmacy, 316 Four-and-a-half street southwest. FRANK X. WOOG, Eastern Agent, 1114 G St. N. W., Washington, D.C. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. For Sale.—A client having half an acre of land in Hillsdale will sell at sacrifice. Apply P. W. Frisby, 503 D street northwest. For Sale.—Client having large lot, unimproved, in Lincoln, D. C., will sell at sacrifice for cash. Apply, P. For Rent. - Two or three communicating rooms, with every modern convenience. Call or address Mrs. Proctor, 920 L street northwest. A desirable 4-room and bath flat for rent; 2124 L street northwest, with use of parlor; all gas attachments for light and cooking. Inquire of George W. Lukins,Agt., corner Nineteenth and H streets n.w. The M. W. Grand Lodge of F. & Ancient York Masons of Pennsylvania, National Compack, will meet in its ninety-third annual GrandCommunication at Pittsburg, Pa., on St. John's Day, June 24, 1908. This Grand Lodge is one of the oldest under the National Jurisdiction in the United States. --- --- LEGAL NOTICE This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the State of Pennsylvania, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, setters testamentary on the estate of Sinah E. Pearson, 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 22nd day of April, A. D. 1909; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 22nd day of Aril, 1908. Marion E. Lewis. 1150 22nd Street Northwest. Attest: W. C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. DR.MILES' ANTI-PAIN PILLS FOR Headache FOR NEURALGIA, SCATICA, RHEUMATISM BACKACHE, PAIN IN CHEST DISTRESS IN STOMACH, SLEEPLESSNESS TAKE ONE of the Little Tablets AND THE PAIN IS GONE If you have Headache Try One They Relieve Pain Quickly, leaving no bad After-effects 25 Doses 25 Cents Never Sold in Bulk RUTH DABNEY First class service guaranteed at reasonable prices. Carriages furnished for Balls, Parties and Receptions. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Subscribers for The Bee are notified that their paper will be discontinued after this issue unless the subscriptions are paid in advance. This is the law now; hence it is impossible for the management to continue sending the paper to subscribers unless subscriptions are paid in advance. Send at ONCE and oblige The Bee Publishing Co. 1109 Eye St. N. W. Senate amendments to the anti-betting bill, which now requires only the President's signature to be a law. It is designed to put an end to gambling on race tracks within the District of Columbia. BILL FOR DIVORCE. James Munroe has filed his petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against Rose Monroe for absolute divorce on statutory grounds. A co-respondent is named. The complainant alleges that he and defendant were married in this city February 7, 1868, and that for cause they separated in November, 1881. Attorney W. L. Martin represents the complainant. The late Benjamin Dilley, of the city of Wilkesbarre, Pa., left $40,000 for the keeping of his two pet cats. Chris Xander, the well-known wine merchant of Seventh street, died last week. (Good man.) O MANUFACTURERS OF Hertruline For The Hair P X 754, ATLANTA, GA. ```markdown ``` October 15th, 1907. Southern Medicine Co. Atlanta, G+ Yours respectfully 一 FOR RENT. FOR RENT. SOUTH KELINWORTH Colored People Lay. the foundation for your Home today by buying a site for it at SOUTH KENILWORTH. D. C. Don't put it off until some other time. Property in the District of Columbia is growing rapidly in BUY NOW, while it's cheap. $5 Down $5 a Month NO TAXES, while paying amount for all cash. Title good, or money refunded. begin soon, and prices will advance. BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS AND DISTINC- of South Kenilworth, aside from its very desira- large, level lots, wide streets, good alleys, liberal maple shade trees. Within half square of the in the city of Washington. Only one square to the exhausted, will build houses for lot purchasers and installment plan. Terms $5 Down $5 a Month NO INTEREST. NO TAXES, while paying. Ten percent discount for all cash. Title good, or money refunded. Improvements will begin soon, and prices will advance. SOME OF THE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURES of South Kenilworth, aside from its very desirable location, are: large, level lots, wide streets, good alleys, liberal parking, and beautiful maple shade trees. Within half square of the best colored school in the city of Washington. Only one square to the electric cars. Until funds are exhausted, will build houses for lot purchasers and let them pay on the installment plan. OPPORTUNITY the country, and especially in the agriculture. The demand for the grain the Tuskegee Normal and Indus the supply that we are offering to other schools, and persons subbranches to come here and pursue Farm Work, Dairying, Live Ste will be given a few earnest young while taking a course. Those interested can secure full Booker T. UNITY ForYoung Men ucrative salaries in all sections of especially in the South, for young men trained in age mand for the graduates from this department of normal and Industrial Institute is so far in excess of we are offering special inducements to graduates of and persons sufficiently advanced in the academic ere and pursue the courses in agriculture, including living, Live Stock Raising, etc. An opportunity earnest young men to work out all of their board course. can secure full information by addressing Booker T. Washington, Principal, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. OPPORTUNITY ForYoung Men ucrative salaries in all sections of the country, and especially in the South, for young men trained in agriculture. The demand for the graduates from this department of the Tuskegee Normal and Indus-trial Institute is so far in excess of the supply that we are offering special inducements to graduates of other schools, and persons sufficiently advanced in the academic branches to come here and pursue the courses in agriculture, including Farm Work, Dairying, Live Stock Raising, etc. An opportunity will be given a few earnest young men to work out all of their board while taking a course. MATTING LAID FREE. When you Tired of Bo Come and pick out Furniture for stocks. We will deliver the things in small weekly or monthly amount everything you need, from Floor Kitchen Ranges to Lack Curtains one bill. We shall be glad to have little it will cost you to start how things at this establishment. Peter in you get ofBoarding Furniture for a home from our magnificent liver the things at once, and you can pay the bills monthly amounts to suit your income. We have all, from Floor Coverings to Ornaments, from Lack Curtains, and all you buy can be charged on be glad to have you come in and figure just how to start housekeeping if you buy the necessaryishment. ter Grogan When you get Tired of Boarding Come and pick out Furniture for a home from our magnificent stocks. We will deliver the things at once, and you can pay the bills in small weekly or monthly amounts to suit your income. We have everything you need, from Floor Coverings to Ornaments, from Kitchen Ranges to Lace Curtains, and all you buy can be charged on one bill. We shall be glad to have you come in and figure just how little it will cost you to start housekeeping if you buy the necessary things at this establishment. Peter Grogan 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street PER. LOR. Repairing, and Pressing. ERMANN. Settings PRICES Some extra spe- quality China will make no advantage of. It. y of. ERRMANN, St. N.W. Phone Main 2436. —THE ACME MARKET— A. J. May, Proprietor. DEALER IN Fine Groceries, Provisions, Beef, Lamb and Veal. Corned Beef a Specialty. Cor. Four-and-a-half and C Sts. Northwest. REPAIRING AND ALTERING THE CLOTHES CLEANING SHOP 614 D Street Northwest, J. S. Jutsh, Prop. J. C. Colvin, Mgr. MURRAY'S PURE DRUG STORE. Phone, Linc. 1824. C.A. COOPER. THE TAILOR. Suits Made to Order. Cleaning, Repairing, and Pressing. HOUSE AND HERMANN. ChoiceMattings AT BAGAIN PRICES We are offering some extra special bargains in good quality China Mattings that you will make no mistake in taking advantage of. Credit if you wish it. When in doubt, buy of. HOUSE AND HERRMANN, Seventh and Eye Sts. N. W. RICHARDSON'S DRUG STORE, 316 Four-and-a-half Street, S. W. As usual, invites the public to visit his MAMMOTH STORE Stocked with everything in the Drug line. Easter offeings in every design. Pure drugs. Prescriptions carefully compounded. RICHARDSON'S DRUG STORE, 316 Four-and-a-half Street, S. W. Second and D Streets Southwest. Telephone Main 3148. ELGIN CREAMERY CO., HEADQUARTERS FOR BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, CHEESE, COFFEE, TEA. 220 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. C. H. Redmon, Prop. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Magnolia Brand Elgin 'Phone Main 1081. Lots, $200 and up. BERNERD G. BROWN, Owner. 525 Thirteenth St. Northwest. Between H and I Streets. STORE. Second and D Streets Southwest. Just Arrived - A complete assortment of the purest and freshest Drugs on the market, including a large line of Easter Articles. Something very fancy in the way of Toilet Soaps and Fine Colognes, at reduced prices to suit the times. MURRAY'S PURE DRUG STORE. So STRAIGHTEN KINKY or CURLY HAIR, that it can be put up in any style desired consistent with its length. Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZMARROW" and is the only safe preparation known that makes kinky or curly hair straight. It shows above. Its use makes the most stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, visible and comb. These results be obtained from Ues are usually sufficient for a year. The of Ford's Hair Pomade removes and vents dandruff, relieves fishing, invigorates, it also preserves from falling out or breaking off, makes it more nourishing the roots, gives it new life and vigor. Being elegantly perfumed and luscious, it also preserves the ladies, gentleness and calm. Ford's Hair Pomade has been made and sold continuously since about 1852, and label, "OZONIZED OX MARROW," was registered in the United States. Ford's its use makes the hair STRAIGHT, SOFT and PLIABLE. Beware of imitations. Remember that Ford's Hair Pomade is put up only in 50 cts., and is made only by the manufacturer. Your signature, Charles Ford, Press, on each package. Refuse all others. Full directions with every bottle. Price only 50 cts. Sold by druggists and dealers. Your druggist or dealer will send you your own for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us 50 cts. for one bottle postal, or $1.40 for three bottles or $2.50 for six bottles. Any express charges to all points in U. B. A. Express mailing postal or express money order, and mention name of this paper. Write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Pine 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. CAFE. One of the finest cafes in the city is that of William Xander. He has everything first class, and if you want a hot lunch every day don't fail to patronize him. FINE WINES, WHISKIES, and Cigars. The very best brands of cigars that can be found anywhere. Phone, Main 5438. William Xander. BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. DIAMONDS. JEWELRY, GUNS. MECHANICAL TOOLS. LADIES AND GENTS' WEARING APPARAL. OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. UNREDEEMED. PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. can get it for 3 percent? II. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE, No. 314 Ninth Street N. W. Loans made on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc. If you want to buy a good watch, diamond ring, or jewelry of any kind, look at our stock first. You can save money. THE F. E. GREEN CO. 818 19th St N. W. Washington, D. C. Dyeing, Cleaning and Pressing. Have The Bee sent to your residence. Only 20 cents per month; 50 cents for three months; $1.00 for six months, and $2.00 per annum, in advance.