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House was filled from pit to dome with the citizens of the Capital. Here the Register talked especially upon the necessity of giving equal rights to all citizens, regardless of race or color, making an appeal for fair play for his people. After the speaking the special car proceeded to Coyle; from there the party was transferred to Langston University where the evening was spent. Nevt morning the students were assembled to hear the address of of the Register and others. The car was transferred to the Santa Fe tracks and by invitation the Register and party called upon Governor Haskell of the new state and discussed with him matters affecting the race. They then journeyed on to Oklahoma City, the Metropolis of the State. That night thousands were present to hear Mr. Vernon, who especially encouraged the people of the new states to remain in Oklahoma, despite discouragements at the present time. The great meeting in Convention Hall was followed by a banquet given to the Register and party. The private car was then transferred to the Katy track and proceeded to Muskogee, the haven for Negroes in the new state. Here they were met by the Honorable A. F. W. Sango and a committee of prominent citizens who conducted the party to the place of meeting. A large audience filled Sango's Opera House that evening, where it was said by those present that Mr. Vernon surpassed all previous efforts. The gentlemen in the party accompanied Mr. Vernon to Parsons, Kansas; returning to their homes in the state, while he left to visit the institution at Quindaro and to be present at the Lincoln Memorial exercises in the capital of his state. The entire trip was made without a hitch. Mr. Edgar McDaniels, a progressive Negro railroad contractor, having in charge the transportation facilities and being in charge of the car was in the company. Mr. Vernon's trip to the state has been a source of inspiration to the people of the new state, it has served to bring about a better relationship between the races. It is felt that the white people of prominence and the colored people will be enabled to reach a better understanding as a result of his speeches. Oklahoma is a state of wondrous possibilities and Negroes of progressive spirit have gathered here. It is unanimously agreed that this great ovation throughout the state is but in keeping with the things for which he stands, together with his intelligence, intellect, and recognized ability, and Oklahoma is indebted to him for his services. While in Muskogee Register Vernon was the guest of Honorable A. G. W. Sango. Among those present [Image of a man with a mustache and a dark suit, facing the camera. The background is a plain white surface with no visible text or details.] M. H. HON. MARLIN EDGAR OLMSTED VOL.XXIX NO38 Through Oklahoma IN A QUARTERED CAR. Guthrie, Oklahoma. Special to The Bee. HONORABLE W. T. VERNON IN OKLAHOMA. His Great Ovation in the West—Travels the State in Private Car Accompanied by Leading Citizens of the New State—Delivers Addresses to Great Crowds in Principal Cities. The colored citizens of Oklohoma, because of restrictive measures and discriminatory legislation, have been making an organized effort to protect themselves from the encroachment of that element in the state who are apparently opposed to the progress of the Negro citizens. An organization headed by Honorable E. T. Barber, of El Reno, and others, secured the services of Register Vernon who was met by a company of the most distinguished citizens of Oklahoma at Caldwell, Kansas in a private car, secured for the accommodation of the entire party. This aroused the interest of all Oklahoma and from the beginning of the journey, across the state and back again, the Register and party were given an ovation. It was necessary at Hennessy, Oklahoma, for Mr. Vernon to respond to the call for a rear end speech and the train pulled out amid the applause of the multitude gathered there. Finally El Reno was reached and a large crowd of citizens, white and black, met them at the train. The school children sang and marched through the streets and the procession, to inspiring music made their way to the place of meeting. That night the Opera House was filled with people of both races. Representative citizens headed by the Mayor of El Reno occupied prominent seats in the audience. Register Vernon was entertained at the home of Lawyer Barber and a delightful collation was served to the party including the Register, President Enman Page of Langston University, Dr. W. H. Jernagin and others. Next day found this party on the road to King Fisher, where after a royal reception all repaired to the Court House where Federal office holders and other leading citizens were eager to hear Mr. Vernon. Honorable E. O. Tyler, a distinguished attorney of this place was the presiding genius on this occasion. Here Mr. Vernon delivered a speech to the businesses men and the farming element, so largely represented among our people. From there they proceeded to Guthrie, the State Capital, and were met by thousands at the station, preceded by the Langston University band, and marched through the streets of Guthrie, where a public reception was held. That night the leading Opera were: President E. J. Page, A. A. Henderson, C. A. Buchanan, Dr. H. W. Conrad, John W. Capers, C. T. Talliaferro, J. F. Kirsh, M. C. Claibron, Fred McNeal, J. W. Stewart, T. N. Hayes, William Harrison, E. E. McDaniel, T. Traylor, R. Dungee, E. O. Tyler, W. H. Twine, J. A. Rouse, B. M. Strothers, Wesley McGill, Thomas Morton, Honorable Pearl Tipton, of Emporia, Kansas; and others met the "Vernon Special" at Parsons and entertained him at dinner. he'd here tonight. One hundred and fifty banqueters were present, including Negro politicians from all part of the country, educators, men of business and letters. The address of the evening was delivered by Roscoe Conkling Bruce, formerly Director of the Academic Department of Tuskegee Institute and now assist Superintendent in charge of the colored schools of Washington, D. C. The speaker said in part: "Slaughter is no mere affair of shackles and strings; it is essentially HON. MARLIN E. OLMSTED. One of the most popular and leading representatives from the state of Pennsylvania, is Honorable Marlin E. Olmsted, of the eighth congressional district. He is serving his seventh term in Congress, as chairman of the Committee of Elections. He has the reputation of being one of the fairest men in Congress. He is also placed upon some of the most important committees in the House in which positions Mr. Olmsted never takes the advantage of his opponents. As chairman of the Committee of the House, on the State of the Union he demonstrates his ability in parliamentary law, and at all times when there are important bills before the House no man guards the interests of the people more than this distinguished statesman. In his district he has a large colored constituency that has the most implicit confidence in him. The last election was an evidence of the esteem in which Mr. Olmstead is held by his constituents, both white and colored. Honorable Marlin Edgar Olmstead is a native Pennsylvanian, having been born in Ulysses Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania. No representative stands higher in the estimaton of his people than Mr. Olmstead. He is never actuated by malice and neither is he a man who would take advantage of his opponents. In all of his political contests he has always left the result to his constituents. In the last presidential contest he was one of Mr. Taft's strongest supporters. He has been mentioned in many instances as a good succesor of Speaker Cannon. not that he is a candidate for the position of Speaker, because he has never aspired for the position. But should the Republicans ever desire a change in the Speakership, no better qualified parliamentarian could be selected. MR. BRUCE IN CLEVELAND Orator's Theme: Freedom through Education Asks National Aid for Schools in Black Belts of South—Roscoe Conkling Bruce Addresses Attucks Republican Club of Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, February 18—The Lincoln-Douglass Banquet of the Attucks Republican Club was he'd here tonight. One hundred and fifty banqueters were present, including Negro politicians from all parts of the country, educators, men of business and of letters. The address of the evening was delivered by Roscoe Conkling Bruce, formerly Director of the Academic Department of Tuskegee Institute and now assistant Superintendent in charge of the colored schools of Washington, D. C. The speaker said in part: "Slaves is no mere affair of shackles and stripes; it is essentially an affair of the human spirit. Proclamations of emancipation are in themselves puny, ineffectual things, for it is not by edict but by education that men grow free. The ultimate battle ground of freedom is the human heart. "It must be remembered that in slavery, Massachusetts and Mississippi, Georgia and New York sinned together. Slavery was recognized by statute in 1641 by Massachusetts, in 1650 by Connecticut, in 1661 by Virginia, and later by the other colonies. If emancipation was compassed or in progress throughout the North before 1800, who shall say it was not economic rather than moral reasons that vouchsafed the North this preeminence in public righteousness? Who, then, shall cast the first stone? Slavery was the nation's sin; freedom through education is the nation's opportunity, the nation's duty to itself. "The fact that in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Mississippi and Virginia, one-half the Negro men of voting age are illiterate today, shows that the nation's duty is not done. Although the total Negro enrolment in the common schools of the South trebled in 25 years, it is true that in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas the number of black illiterates today exceeds the aggregate Negro population of similar age in 1860; the enlargement of school facilities has lagged far behind the sheer increase in population. Only about half the Negro children of school age are enrolled in school and less than one third of those enrolled attend school six months or more. The fundamental principle of American common school, I mean the impartial disposal of public funds to educate all the children of all the people—is very far indeed from recognition in Southern practice. Black Americans in the South cast no ballots. And so, not more than one-fifth of the school income goes at present to the support of the Negro schools. "Of the nine million Negroes in the United States, seven millions live in country districts; the primary problem is that of the peasant. Now, the moral and industrial regeneration of Negro life in the Black Belts of the South must come from within; the job must be done by teachers, preachers, mechanics, farmers, housewives, educated and trained in Negro schools and inspired to help their people. "Institutions seeking to contribute to this far-reaching service should educate their students to ideals and train them in habits and arts that they may scatter among the masses intelligent methods in farm and garden and household work; patient thrift and sustained industry; clear foresight and prompt initiative; rugged honesty and steady self-control; moral courage, chastity, public spirit and racial confidence and pride. In a school community like Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, all the elements of real life are adequately represented. The students participate to the fullest extent in the whole circle of activities; they gan experience and a reasonable confidence in their own powers and a sense of responsibility. Such school communities, resting upon agriculture as the basic industry, should be established at the center of each of the greater black belts; they should, as President Eliot of Harvard University recently suggested, receive the nations aid. Such institutions secure the free play of the best powers of men and women of unusual quality. In a deeper and truer sense than the conquering armies were, a Tuskegee is an instrument of emancipation. I voice today not the prayer of pity but the august demand of a vast national responsibility." DEFEATED Senator Frye Takes Action in Executive Session. Senator Frye, chairman of the committee on commerce, practically withdrew the favorable report of the committee upon the President's nomination of William D. Crum for another term as collector at the port of Charleston, South Carolina. This news leaked out from the executive session. It means the defeat of the nomination and that the Democrats have been successful in putting the question of the appointment of Negroes to federal offices in the South squarely up to Mr. Taft as soon as he shall become president. KENNELWORTH. D. C. Mrs. M. W. Hayson, one of the leading citizens of this place and an active church worker, was struck with paralysis in the face last week while at her home! She left for Atlantic City, New Jersey, to go under the special care of Dr. Cusy. She, will be gone to weeks. Much sympathy is expressed for her by her friends and the citizens of Kennelworth. Mrs. Hayson is a remarkable woman, and her absence from her home is keenly felt: READ THE BEE The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale portrait of a person with a distinctive hairstyle and facial features. The background is indistinct and lacks any discernible details. [Portrait of a man with a white shirt and a tie, looking slightly to the right. The background is black with a grainy texture. No text is visible.] Roscoe Conkling Bruce CRUM NOMINATION PARAGRAPHIC The eighteenth Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held at the institute the 17th and 18th of this month. Dr. Elizabeth James, who died in Chicago last Monday, was the oldest woman doctor in Chicago. She practiced over forty years, and was more than seventy-seven years of age at the time of her death. Major F. B. Andrews, United States Army, retired, was pronounced sane by a jury in Justice Anderson's Court, and discharged from St. Elizabeth's Hospital the early part of the week. The invocation at the banquet in New Orleans, in honor of Mr. Taft, was pronounced by Cardinal Gibbons. Mr. Earl Murray was awarded the first prize and a gold medal, in Kent County, Ontario, having made the highest percentage in the examinations in the public schools. The only colored lawyer said to be in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is T. H. Moore, a graduate of Howard University. It is asserted that Mr. Cortelyou will become President of the Consolidated Gas Company to New York at the close of his present position, March 4. It is said that many persons oppose Dr. J. H. N. Waring as principal of the Colored High and Training School because of the prominent part he took relative to saloons in Baltimore's Seventeenth Ward. Representative Gaines has introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for any person to send through the mails or in any way make known the secret rituals and rules of fraternal organizations. Miss Ann Morgan, daughter of J. P. Morgan, has arranged for a meeting of other Women Bookbinder's Union, in March at which time she will make an address. Senator Dolliver delivered an address in the Rankin Chapel last Tuesday morning, on Abraham Lincoln. The arrangements for the official ceremonies at the Capitol, the fourth of March have been completed, and the official program announced. Mr. George Forrester, an instructor in the manual and training department of the Cook Building, was taken sick last Monday afternoon in the school building and was carried to his home at 2236 11th street. Professor James L. Diggs, President of Virginia Seminary and College, was highly complimented on his first quarterly report of the condition of the school. 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Boer Farmer Boys Make Good Shots On the African Veldt. Three lions were killed near Pietersburg. Transvaal by the nineteen-year-old son of Jozef Erasmus, a Boer farmer. It appears that young Erasmus was on his way to the Messina mine and had outspanned his donkey team, when his kafir boy came running to tell him that three lions were tackling the donkeys. Erasmus seized his gun and ran hard in the direction indicated. On his arrival at the spot he found the lions lying around one of the donkeys. He fired and killed a big lioness. The other two jumped up but he was ready and shot another (younger) lioness. The young lion which was left ran behind some brushwood. Erasmus first collected his donkeys and brought them into safety and then once more carefully manhandled the scene of the fight. In order to find out if the two lionesses were dead he fired another shot at one of them. This disturbed the surviving lion who thereupon came forth roaring. Erasmus was again ready and shot him dead on the spot. Asked by the Volkesstem correspondent whetner he was alone at the time, Erasmus replied; "Oh, no, Oom,' I had my little Kafir boy, with me.'—The skins were sold in Pietersburg—Pretoria Volksstem. Potsonous Brazilian Vipers. Much is made of the lance-head viper, "the most deadly of all know neptiles," brought from Brazil to New York for the purpose of an operation which will give a serum that is practically extinct. There are several singularly interesting snakes in Brazil. The suru cueu is supposed to cause death in six hours. It is sometimes found nine feet long. Its skin is a dirty tawny yellow, with dark brown losenges on the back. It is said to be attracted by fire but seldom to injure travellers. The fiercest of the lance-headed viper is the Jararoca, and it, also, it a dirty yellow, but it is brown-black about the tail.—Boston Herald. Birds, Fruit, Dead Leaves The Moki Indian women of Arizona have an ingenious and romantic form of coifure. When young these women coll their tresses at the aides of their heads, so as to represent the buds of a native plant. This signifies that they themselves are in the flush of youth and of marriageable age. When they are married their hair is arranged to represent the fruit of the plant; while in old age their jocks hang straggling down their backs, typical of the withered stalk of the dead or dying plant. I ask not hope's re-turn; As I have sowed I reap; Grief must Ich for d're nicht mehr Trost; Blick'in's Ver-häng-niss brav'; Die Dämm'rung dreams, dear God, no dreams: Traum Mere slum - ber, dull and deep, Such mir, mein Gott, kein Traum Im Schlum - mer Sor - gen schaff', Gieb' ma ben tenuto. as Thou givest' brutcs,— Sleept on ly sleep! Schlaf mir fest und lief! Nur Schlaf, nur Schlaf! Answers. Brides Older Than Bridegrooms. The vital statistics prepared by City Clerk Entwisle of Salem shows that during 1907 there were 479 marriage licenses issued and 306 solemnized in the city, which is 18 fewer than the previous year. The oldest bridegroom was 68 and the oldest bride 50, while the youngest bridegroom was 16 and the youngest bride 15. Seventy-one brides were older than the bridegrooms.—Boston Transcript. Vegetable Milk. "Vegetable milk" is used in Japan. it is made from the soja bean. The liquid is exactly like cow's milk in appearance, and in taste can hardly be distinguished from it. To make it the beans are first soaked and then boiled in water. Some sugar and phosphate potassium are added, and it is boiled down till it has the consistency of condensed milk. Valuable Relics. At an auction safe at Christie's in London of the late Marchloness of Conyngham's art collection a silver ewer and dish, weighing together 90 ounces, a gift of George IV to an ancestor of the Marchloness, sold for $21,000. A Venerable Turtle A Massachusetts boy, Nathan Sampson, has found a venerable turtle which bears markings made by his grandfather, now 81 years old, which were put on in 1840, and by his great-grandfather, who marked the same turtle in 1816. Slightly Mixed. The story is now going the rounds of the country papers about a man who visited the paying-teller's window in a bank and asked for one of the new coins with "God Bless Our Home" left off. A Healthful Occupation. Bull fighters receive $417 per hour, and the occupation is so healthful that unless killed by accident its followers invariably reach a green old age. Newspapers in Persia Persian newspapers are reproduced from handwriting by lithography, no types being used. Viennas Deggara. Vienna has 32,000 street beggars, and many of them make a better living than workmen. It has been estimated that a London fog weighs 2,000,000,000 tons. making money fast. 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The victim shows the bill to a bank cashier, and hears it pronounced good, and his mercenary nature being aroused, he sees visions of gigantic wealth, and hands over to Mr. Sharper $500, or at least $250, for the instrument that is going to make him a Rockefeller. It is needless to say that the subsequent specimens turned out are such miserable imitations that they would hardly fool a blind man, but the ignoramus is in a place where he can't make a roar for his lost money. The Swaying Skyscraper. Through the chance of perfect adjustment in the way of balance, of a row of large photographs that hang on a wall or an office building down town the clerks in the place have a good deal of quiet amusement with persons who visit the place for the first time. Owing to this balance the pictures are easily swayed by the wind that blows through the open windows and since the office force goes in for fresh air the year round the pictures are never still. The joke lies in catching the horrified expression on the faces of the callers when they get a sight of the swinging frames. Then it is always explained with due solemnity, if the boss is not around that swaying of the frames is due to the oscillation of the structure. It usually takes some time for the object of the joke to see the point. Meanwhile he has suffered a considerable shock. N. Y. World. Odd South American Animals Many curious animals mount the marshy parts of South America north of the pampas. Frogs big and ferocious, given to making violent springs when closely approached; the capybara, a cavy "contented with the bulk of a sheep"; the huge coypu rat and the awarthy piglake tapiir are frequently seen. Along the forest margins troops of peccaries are often met with, occasionally the jaguar sometimes the puma, likewise that toothless curiosity, the great ant bear, long in claw, long nosed and remarkably long tongued. A familiar object is the great jabiru, a stork with a preference for the desolate lagoons, where it may often be observed statuesque on one leg and wrapped in prospection.—Scotsman. The Gingko Tree. Studies by Miss M. C. Stopes of the fossil flora of Scotland have shown that the gingko or maldenhair, tree, a native of Japan and China, which is cultivated in Europe and this country on account of its remarkable foliage, belongs to an extremely ancient family, of which it is now, apparently, the last surviving representative. At one time it seems to have been widely spread. A singular fact is that the fossil specimens of the gingko, found in the rock beds of the Inferior Oolite series, at Brora, Scotland, are so similar to the living trees that at first slight no difference is apparent. Only an examination of the structure of the cells reveals a variation.—Youth's Companion. For Pressing Plafter; Skirts. Plaited Skirts which have been washed are difficult to press. 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It makes my hair so beautiful, so silky, and has entirely removed all dandruff and stopped it from falling out and breaking off. And enables me to do it up in any of the many styles that I use on the stage. Does all you claim for it, and I would not be without it. Yours sincerely, MMR. ROBINSON Kink-ine Hair-Dressing is a delightful perfumed tonic prepared largely for the use of colored people; is guaranteed to be absolutely safe and harmless. It makes harsh, stubboinky, curly hair soft, silky and glossy, enables you to comb it with ease and to dress in any style that you may wish. ING by supplying the needed oils directly to the roots of the hair tones up and nourishes both and giving new life and vigor to the hair. ING is for sale at all druggists for 35c per bottle. If yourdruggist does not keep it hail get it. If not, send me 50c. and I will send same to you, prepaid. FREE OFFER ColoredSkin MadeLighter For centuries scientific men have been trying to make dark skin lighter colored, not by artificial whitening, but in a natural way. At last the Chemical Wonder Co., of New York, has discovered Complexion Wonder, which does bring a lighter natural color of every time it is applied. The effect is not artificial. The lighter color is natural. The effect on the colored countenance is magical. The price of Complexion Wonder is 50c. The Chemical Wonder Co. has another preparation which is indispensable for colored people as well as white people. It is called Odor Wonder, a toilet preparation which prevents perspirati on odor and encircles the body with perfumed daintiness. It will make anyone physically well home in society or business circles. Our men customers secure best positions in banks, clubs, or business houses. Our women customers advance faster in life. Price of Odor Wonder, $1.00. Our Wonder Comb will straighten any hair. A heavy comb magneto-metallic. Will last a life-time—50c. Don't fail to order it. Wonder Grow fertilizes the scalp; supplies nourishment which makes hair grow lengthy; gives the scalp strength which prevents the hair from falling—50c. Wonder Uncurl—This preparation uncurls knots and kinks and makes the hair pliable, so as to dress well—50c. We promise that our specialties will do more to advance colored people socially and commercially than showy garments or gew-gaw jewelry. Delivery free. Applications for agency considered. M. H. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, selling agents for chemical Wonder Company. ColoredSkin MadeLighter; ColoredSkin MadeLighter; For centuries scientific men have been trying to make dark skin lighter colored, not by artificial whitening, but in a natural way. At last the Chemical Wonder Co., of New York, has discovered Complexion Wonder, which does bring a lighter natural color every time it is applied. The effect is not artificial. The lighter color is natural. The effect on the colored countenance is magical. The price of Complexion Wonder is 50c. The Chemical Wonder Co. has another preparation which is indispensable for colored people, as well as white people. It is called Odor Wonder, a toilet preparation which prevents perspirati on odor and encircles the body with perfumed daintiness. It will make anyone physically welcome in society or business circles. Our men customers secure better positions in banks, clubs, or business houses. Our women customers advance faster in life. Price of Odor Wonder, $1.00. Our Wonder Comb will straighten any hair. A heavy comb, magneto-metallic. Will last a life-time—50c. Don't fail to order one. Wonder Grow fertilizes the scalp; supplies nourishment which makes hair grow lengthy; gives the scalp strength which prevent the hair from falling—50c. Wonder Uncurl—This preparation uncurls knots and kinks and makes the hair pliable, so as to dress well.—50c. We promise that our specialties will do more to advance colored people socially and commercially than showy garments or gew-gaw jewelry. Delivery free. Applications for agency considered. M. B. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, selling agents for Chemical Wonder Company. Ross & Mundin, 100 20th St., Washington, D. C. Board & McGuire, 14th St., Washington, D. C. ME-LANGE BEFORE SIX AFTER Never fails; nothing like it for hair that is not naturally straight, price, 25 and 50 cents a box. For sale by the following druggists: Board & McGuire, 1912 1-2 Fourteenth street northwest; Julius Layer, Fourth and N streets northwest; L. H. Harris, Third and streets southwest; A. F. Pride. Twenty-eighth and P streets Georgetown, D. C. FRANK E. WHITE M'F'G. CO., box 107, East Orange, N. Foods mailed on receipt of price. Never fails; nothing like it for hair that is not naturally straight. Price, 25 and 50 cents a box. For sale by the following druggists: Board & McGuire, 1912 1-2 Fourteenth street northwest; Julius Mayer, Fourth and N streets northwest; L. H. Harris, Third and F streets southwest; A. F. Pride. Twenty-eighth and P streets, Georgetown, D. C. FRANK E. WHITE M'F G. CO., Box 107, East Orange, N. J. Goods mailed on receipt of price. BABEK The Old Reliable Remedy. For twenty-five long years—a quarter of a century—there has never been a remedy equal to Ellixir Babek for Malaria and suprasomatic diseases. Thousands have used it with most gratify results. Malaria is prevalent now. Do not wait for it to take hold if you. Begin the use of Babek now. 50c Bottles. Your druggist will tell you that Babek is the best thing he sells For twenty-five long years—a quarter of a century—there has never been a remedy equal to Elixir Babek for Malaria and such mismatic diseases. Thousands have used it with most gratifying results. Malaria is prevalent now. Do not wait for it to take hold of you. Begin the use of Babek now. 50c Bottles. Your druggies will tell you that Babek is the best thing he sells for MALARIA, CHILLS and FEVER If you are unable to secure Bab in your vicinity write to Kloczew Street, Washington, D. C UNDERTAKERS EMBALMERS WM. T. NEWMAN & CO., Undertakers and Embalmers, 510 O Street Northwest. Prices Moderate. Carriages for All Occasions. The Wm. F. Newman & Co. wishes to announce to the public and its friends that they have opened a modern Funeral Parlor at the above address, and are prepared to render nothing but up-to-date service at "Moderate Prices." We solicit your patronage and, thanking you for your former patronage, We are yours, WM. T. NEWMAN & CO., Undertakers and Embalmers. Wm. T. Newman, formerly of Georgetown, D. C. The Wm. F. Newman & Co. wishes to announce to the public and its friends that they have opened a modern Funeral Parlor at the above address, and are prepared to render nothing but up-to-date service at "Moderate Prices." We solicit your patronage and, thanking you for your former patronage, We are yours, WM. T. NEWMAN & CO., Undertakers and Embalmer. Wm. T. Newman, formerly of Georgetown, D. C. J H. Winslow J H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMEK. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. J H DABNEY FINERAL DIRECTOR. Hiring, Levery and Sale Stable. 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. Telephone for Office, Main 1727. Telephone call for Stable, Main 1428-5. OUR STABLES IN FREEMAN'S ALLEY. Where I can accommodate 50 Horses. Call and inspect our new and modern stable. UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMEK. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS. N. W. JH DABNEY J. H. DABNEY, Prop.; 1132 Third Street N. W. W.SidneyPittman Architect RENDERING IN MONOTONE, WATER COLOR AND PEN & INK STEEL CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. Phone: Main 6059—M. PATENT DRAWINGS DRAFTING, DETAILING, TRACING BLUE PRINTING Office 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Wm. Cannon, W.SidneyPittman Architect RENDERING IN PATENT DRAWINGS MONOTONE, WATER COLOR DRAFTING,DETAILING,TRACING AND PEN & INK BLUE PRINTING STEEL CONSTRUCTION ASPECIALTY. Phone: Main 6059-M. Office 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W. 1225 and, 1227 7th Street, N. W. OLE DISTRIBUTER OF OLD PUR SIM WHISKE A HIGH DEGREE 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 because of the exceptional attention bestowed on the making. The only cheapness in it anywhere is the price. A Goodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsomest lasts, in the most popular leathers. Looks first that way every time It's worth your while in and look the Signet over, even if you are not ready to buy. Always welcome. Wm.Moreland, 491Penna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. BIGV OF THE BIG BOOK --- THE BEE PUBLISHED AT 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington; D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Wash- ington, 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 There are some people who will find fault with the police department of the District of Columbia. There is no department in the United States that is managed or conducted better that that of the District of Columbia. For discipline it cannot be surpassed. The Bee has consulted many of the officers and men connected with the department, white and colored, and they all say, so far as the chief is concerned, all he wants his men to do is their duty. There may be some captains who may be objectionable to some men, but so far as these captains do their duty they cannot be questioned. Major Sylvester is a strict disciplinarian and a man who will sustain his men when they are in the right. But he will not sustain any man, high, rich or poor, if he violates the manual by which he is governed, or the law of the land. There are men connected with the force who have never been before the trial board. And why? It is because they have not violated any law. Some men say that the Major is too strict. But they fail to point out in what connection, except he compels every man under him to do his duty. The Bee has found the Trial Board to be quite fair and lenient, with but few exceptions. The present Chairman of the Trial Board is a man with a level head and good judgment. He understands his business and seldom makes mistakes. If an officer who comes before the Trial Board now, with the present presiding judge, is not guilty he will not be convicted, and very seldom is an officer convicted by this board on a technicality or for some frivolous offence. The Washington Police Department is to be congratulated. It would be unfair to close this article without a complimentary reference to the detective bureau, under Captain Poardman. Beyond all doubt this branch of the police department never was in a better condition. There is no friction among the men. Every man knows his business and he proceeds to go about his business. The men connected with this department are level-headed, sober, and always on the alert. No guilty man escapes. A young lady in the public schools of this city, recently married, deserves the sympathies of her companions and associates. The Bee sympathizes with any young woman who resigns her position in school and marries a worthless man. It seems that the young graduates and young teachers in the public schools are not as careful as they should be in selecting a life partner. In the first place, The Bee has but little faith in a foreigner, and no faith in one half of the young men of today who To the young woman who has marriage in her head, we advise her to think wisely before she gives up her position to marry some worthless scoundrel, as it was the case with a young lady who resigned her position in the schools not so long ago. Now, have you ever seen such rot published under the old leadership? The more intelligent and more highly educated colored Americans become the more blunders they make and the more they wink at and endorse the humiliation and "Jim Crowism" of their people. The "Jim Crow" Negro will be more in evidence March 4, than at any other time, especially the Negroes in Washington, many of whom are chas- The women are really doing more for humanity and race elevation than all the sham organizations in the city. Men who can really do something are relegated to the rear and the shams are generally pushed forward and ahead of legitimate leaders. The shams walk around and strut about like peacocks. They want to be at the head of every enterprise; only to fail. They make bluffs at social leadership and many of them declare that they are the its in the body politic of every character. At this time the shams are in the lead. They know so much that intelligent men and women cannot tell them anythig. Shams in the pulpit are masked beyond recognition. They are doing nothing to elevate or promote society. CRUM DROPPED It is no funeral of The Bee's, and it has no tears to shed for anybody. The Bee has been shedding tears for Negroes for 29 years and after their resurrection they only say, "What fools these mortals be." It is claimed that Dr. Crum will succeed some one in town. Why should he? He has held office about long enough, hence he ought to give some one else a show. The Bee is opposed to chronic office seekers and office holders. The Bee is of the opinion that the President has been very nice to Dr. Crum. Dr. Crum has been in office seven years, two terms. This is long enough for any man. Mr. Taft will make a mistake if he attempts to send his name in again. It is said that Dr. Crum has a large practice, so let him follow it and give others a show. RUNS HIS OWN OFFICE Auditor Tyler should give himself no uneasiness about howling mobs. He has made the best auditor who has ever filled the office and has been the boss of it regardless of conditions. He ought to congratulate himself for the reason that no white man dictates to him about his office and neither does any white man run it. If all other Negroes could say as much, he would have no cause to answer his traducers. The Bee has always found Mr. NEW BABIES BORN Within the last two or three weeks there have been three newspaper babies brought into the world. All of them start out in their editorial bow that they have come to fill "a long felt want." One is a weekly, the other a monthly and the other a quarterly. This office has not seen them since their advent into the dark and cruel world. The Bee doesn't know whether they have been overcome by wind colic or la gripe. Perhaps the long felt want meant the vacant lots in the journalistic grave yard. Wanted to fill up the vacant graves. nomer given to certain colored men now in office, by special papers edited by colored men. This particular correspondent takes delight in publishing week after week the doings of this alleged "Black Cabinet." The "Black Cabinet", or some of its members, seem to appreciate the name, mistaking the appellation for a dignified reference to the position they may hold under this administration. For the benefit of the gentlemen who have been designated as the "Black Cabinet" The Bee respectfully suggests that they look up the definition and decide among themselves if they wish that appellation to be continued by this special correspondent. The Bee awaits a reply. SHARF PRACTICE There is one thing about Judge I. G. Kimball; he has always endeavored to uphold the dignity of his court, by forcing the unprofessional lawyer practice to adhere to the ethics of his profession. The United States District Attorney, Mr. Ralph Given, has always made an effort to sustain Judge Kimball in this particular. There is no finer prosecuting officer, nor fairer and more honest man in the prosecution of cases than the assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Givens. There are a few of the old school "Cappers" in and around the court yet, but they are dying hard, and if they continue as they have been, and are now doing, it will not be long before their occupation, like Othello's, will be gone. The sharp practice lawyer or the capper has no standing in any court. People who seldom visit the courts will generally fall into the hands of these sharks. It is on this account that the more gentlemanly colored attorney is barred from active participation in the meetings of the Bar Association. It is the honest lawyer who commands the respect of the court. The shyster has no standing at all in the court. The shyster has about played out. Let the respectable attorney make an effort to build up and elevate the profession. MR SIDNEY BIEBER MR. SIDNEY BIEBER The national committeman for the District of Columbia, Mr. Sidney Bieber, is entitled to some consideration at the hands of the next administration. The suspension of Mr. Bieber's pension may be right from a legal standpoint, but, from a humane point of view The Bee is of the opinion that it is all wrong. Mr. Bieber is a young man who has won his way by hard work. The attack made upon him by Senator Carter was unjustifiable, as the subsequent investigation showed. In view of the blunder made by the Senator from Montana, he should be man enough to retract the unjust assault he made upon OUR PUBLIC PRINTER The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Public Printer Donnelly. Mr. Donnelly is no doubt one of the most practical men in the printing business, and when President Roosevelt nominated him for the position of Public Printer he placed a man at the head of a great institution who knows his business. All the friction that heretofore existed in this great workshop has vanished, and now no office is, under the present administration, any better conducted than the government printing office. AUDITOR TYLER Indianapolis World Every four years Washington has a spasm about the inaugural ball and parade. Every four years Negroes are invited to become members of a staff of the inaugural parade. Every four years Negroes of Washington divide into cliques and factions, each vicing with the other in trying to be "it," and spend nights of tossings in trying to establish a new social order. Every four years the Negro office seeker finds the climate of Washington more healthful and more congenial than his present abode and he goes there to get in touch with the inaugural ceremonies with the hope that Taft has an eye single to his aims, purposes and ambitions. Every four years there are given a half dozen or more inaugural balls by Negroes, all of which claim to be the authorized function sanctioned by the general inaugural committee. Every four years the Negro is denied the privilege of attending the inaugural ball in the Pension office and while the Marine Band plays frantically he is still among the curious throng which remains on the outside and he looks at others make a center rush through the solid wall of humanity to see the President. Every four years ambitious Negroes center their claims upon offices already filled by Negroes instead of trying to establish a precedent. All of which means that the Negroes of this country are worked up to a political frenzy every four years, which in many instances ends in frenzied finance. MULATTO GIRLS In fact all women who have light brown skin or creole colored skin will be surprised to learn that the new kind of Complexion Wonder called 'Shell Pink' will give their cheeks a natural peach pink color. They should use the original Complexion Wonder Number 1 to make the skin lighter and then should use Shell Pink Number 2 to add the beauty tint. The best thing about Complexion Wonder is that it has no artificial effects. M. B. Berger and Company, 2 Rector street, New York, will send it for 50 cents. They also supply for 50 cents each, the Wonder Comb and Wonder Uncurl which makes kinky hair straight. Read The Bee. HOTEL MACEO. When visiting New York City, stop at the Hotel Maceo, 213 West 53rd. Street, corner Broadway. Steam heated. Telephone, 803 Columbus. B. F. Thomas, Prop. The Weekly Society As usual every lady crowds around the Soda Fountain of Board & McGuire on 14th St. between Tea & You. INAUGURAL WELCOME CLUB There are over 150 subscribers to the Inaugural Welcome Club ball. It is claimed that it will be the largest affair that has ever taken place in the social annals of Washington. Treasurer Slaughter, who is an authority on social events in the city is very much encouraged. There will be over two thousand guests at the ball. The ball is to be held in Convention hall, the largest place in the city; its seating capacity is six thousand, and standing capacity ten thousand. There is only one colored caterer in the city able to serve the ball and he is Caterer E. Murray, although there are about ten or twelve bidders. Chairman Brown has the matter in charge and it is quite evident that he and his committee will select the best man. --- Dont fail to have your prescriptions hilled at the reliable drug store of Board & mcGuire 1912% 14th st. MISS BURROUGHS IN TOWN Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of Louisville, Kentucky, accompanied by one of her assistants, Miss M. M. Kimball, arrived in the city last week. Miss Burroughs, the silvertongued orator among the females of the country, electrifies her audience wherever she goes, is at the head of the Baptist Training School for Women. When Miss Burroughs was in Texas, the home of Miss Kimball, she addressed a convention of several thousand Baptists, and so impressive was her address that a motion was made and carried that a committee of ladies be appointed to kiss her for the entire assembly. Her reception in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was equally as great as the one in Texas. Miss Burroughs is a Washingtonian by birth. LINCOLN SERVICES Lincoln memorial services were held in the chapel of Howard University at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. About 1,000 students assembled in the chapel, and many distinguished people were present to hear Senator Dolliver's address on Abraham Lincoln. Senator Dolliver will make the same address next week at Springfield, Illinois, on Lincoln's birthday. * "Within the last fifty years this man, once despised, derided, misunderstood, maligned, has been lifted up into the light of universal history where all men an all generations of men may see him and make out, if possible, the manner of man he was. His life in this world was only a very short one; less than three-score years—only ten of these visible above the dead line of our affairs. Yet in that ten years were crowded events of vital interest. "He remarked that when our fathers said, "All men are created equal." they did not mean that all men are equal in size, equal in wealth or character or color or social conditions; they said men are equal in certain well-defined things—their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He said he was ready to defend these words with his life." IN LOCAL COLORED CHURCHES Bshop Blackwell and Rev. J. S. Jackson Deliver Addresses. The appearance of Bishop George L. Blackwell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Rev. J. S. Jackson, the new financial secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, in Galbraith Zion Methodist Epsco pal church, 6th street, last Sunday, attracted a large audience. Both delivered addresses, the former on "Episcopal and Ministerial Work" and the latter on "The General Financial Policy of the Church and Its Relation to the other Spiritual Work." Rev: S. L. Corrothers, the pastor, introduced the visitors. Rev. M. W. Clair, of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, spoke to a large audience in Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, 4th and D streets, southeast, at 3 p. m. Sunda. At 7:30 o'clock Rev. Alexander Dennis delivered a special sermon to the auxiliaries of the church. The Coal Club reported it had raised $177.04 and the trustees reported $33.74 raised during the day from all sources. Rev. W. A. Ray. resumed the revival meetings at Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, D street, southwest, last night after a rest of a few days. Revival services are being held in Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church West Washington. The Holy Rite of Confirmation will be administered in St. Luke's Church, early in March by the newly elected Bishop, Dr. Alfred Harding. ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS A most successful and interesting meeting of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society of the District of Columbia, was held last MMonday evening in the 19th Street Baptist Church. A large number of persons were present. Members of the society also attended in liberal numbers. The meeting was addressed by Dr. Brooks, pastor of the church; Rev. Drs. Waldron and Wiseman, Dr. Dumas, and the president and found-of the society, Dr. Wilder. The main feature of the evening was an illustrated address with steropticon views, by Dr. Cabannis, treasurer of the society. This meeting was one of the most successful held thus far. The choir of the church furnished music during the evening. The next public meeting in the West End, will be held at an early date in the Shiloh Baptist Church. The recent death and burial of late policeman Jospeh Amos, removes from the community one of our oldest, best and most useful citizens. A widow and several children survive him. The First Baptist Church, of Brentwood, Maryland, was destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Loss estimated at $1,700. COMING "Coming! Coming! the Western Soldier Preacher"—Rev. Dr. J. Time Revivalist. The Rev. J. Gordon McPherson, the eloquent soldier evangelist, with a band of sweet voiced Gospel singers, is planning an extended tour through the middle West and East on a great evangelistic campaign, Dr. McPherson is considered one of the most powerful Gospel preachers of the Far West, whose thrilling sermons have held thousands spell bound and won many souls into the kingdom. He has a message for the fellow who is down and out, as he is open for a series of engagements. Pastors, of churches who may desire dates should write at once. Address: GOLD BRICK Mr. George C. Smith has just received from Santa Fe, New Mexico, a handsome carved jewel case of mission hand work—also a gold cross made from gold taken from a mine in which he was formerly interested. ATTORNEY THOMAS L. JONES BANQUETED Maryland's Knights of Pythias Do Honor to Distinguished Washingtonian in Baltimore. Lawyer McCard's Eloquent Address of Welcome—Grand Chancellor Watty Tells of Work of Order and Extols Guest of the Hour—Councilman St. Clair a Graceful and Witty Toastmaster—Councilman Cummings, Host Diggs, Editor Murphy, Journalist Thompson and Others Contribute to the Glory of the Festive Occasion.—Lawyer Jones Great Speech. Special Correspondence Baltimore, Md., January 26—For a number of years Lawyer Thomas L. Jones, Washington's gifted barrister and silver-tongued orator has rendered yeoman service for the uplift of the Knights of Pythias of the Jurisdiction of Maryland. He has fought their battles, entertained them lavishly at his home, and has been a true "guide, counsellor and friend" in every crisis that confronted them. To indicate in some tangible form their high esteem for Lawyer Jones as a Sir Knight and as a man, the Knights of Pythias of Maryland, united in tendering him a complimentary banquet on last Wednesday evening, at the residence of Mr. Josiah L. Diggs, 2040 Druid Hill Avenue, in this city. The company was large, and represented not only the Grand Lodge of Pythians, but embraced a goodly number of the Monumental City's most enterprising professional and business forces, who know and appreciate the worth of the guest of honor. The table was profusely decorated with flowers, candelabra and fine ware, and the menu conceived by Caterer Mack was conceded to have been a masterpiece of epicurean skill—a gastronomic triumph. Councilman H. M. St. Clair, of Cambridge, Maryland, grand master of the exchequer, was introduced as toastmaster of the eyening, and the witty and graceful talks made by him showed that the compliment had been wisely bestowed. Lawyer W. C. McCard delivered an admirable address of welcome, extolling in fitting phrase the high qualities of head and heart of the gentleman the Order had assembled to honor. Grand Chancellor George A Watty, who is now serving his second term with the same signal success which characterized his first, was applauded to the echo when he arose to speak. There isn't a more popular man in all Maryland than Mr. Watty, and the frequent acclaim which greeted his remarks indicated that the Order loves him and will keep him where he is as long as he will consent to remain. In happily chosen language, Grand Chancellor Watty paid a lofty tribute to the honored guest, and then gave a comprehensive review of the wonderful progress the Knights of Pythias has been making in its comparatively brief span of existence. Said he, in part: "Never before has the organization in the State of Maryland enjoyed such a period of prosperity, popularity and development. When you take note of the progress of the Order throughout the country in numerical strength, wealth and influence, it is conclusive evidence of its healthy growth and superb vitality. It shows that the Order is maintaining its place in the front rank of fraternal orders. The many castle halls erected, and owned by the various jurisdictions; the $22,000 bath houses at Hot Springs, owned by the Supreme Lodge, and the magnificent new structure which will soon be completed in New Orleans, furnish overwhelming assurance of the perpetuity of the Order." LAWYER JONES' MASTERLY ADDRESS. The concluding speech was delivered by the guest of honor. The chautauqua salute greeted him and it was some time before he could begin, so enthusiastic was the cheering and hand-clapping of the company. Visibly affected by this outburst of hearty good will, Mr. Jones launched into his address, and for three quarters of an hour held his hearers spell-bound by one of the most eloquent, felicitous and thoughtful deliverances that has been heard in this city for many a day. After acknowledging, with becoming modesty the flattering comiums that had been laid at his feet, and praying that Providence might spare him to make further to be worthy of such a reception, Mr. ATTORNEY THOMAS L. JONES BANQUETED BY THE PYTHI IANS Jones said, among many other excel- to the heights through sacrifice, ma- lent things: one of the very best sucheches "You may talk about the discriminations in hotels, of the odious "Jim Crow" car laws, the damnable disfranchisement measures—all intended for the humiliation and degradation of the race, and grow faint and sick at the dark cloud of discouragement that hangs about our heads in this country, but no complaint and none of this wailing and weeping will solve the problem or soothe one aching pain that racks the body of the sufferer. Instead of complaining as a race, let us gird up our loins, husband our resources, concentrate our strength of effort, and with grim determination to better our condition, meet and combat the potential and dynamic forces which Anglo-Saxon prejudice has trained against us, keeping our faces ever toward the rising sun. Out of the millions of dollars we deposit in the Anglo-Saxon banks of the country, we can, in course of time, buy and operate our own railroads, establish wholesale and retail stores and make ourselves practically independent. In other words, we can make of ourselves a business race—a race of influence and power." RESPONSES TO TOASTS At the call of Toastmaster St. Clair, the following gentlemen made fitting responses, bristling with fine points, containing the grave and the gay in satisfactory proportions. Dr. C. H. Fowler, Grand Medical Examiner, spoke on "What the Negro has done in the Practice of Medicine;" R. W. Thompson, the national newspaper correspondent, who came with Mr. Jones from Washington, took for his theme "Looking on the bright side of things," and paid a merited compliment to Cardinal Gibbons, that grand man who is throwing his weighty influence against the disfranchisement amendment in Maryland, and pointed out the value of sustaining the hard-working, sentiment-moulding newspapers of the race. Mr. J. Philip Henson, of Chestertown, Maryland, Grand Lecturer, drew upon the pages of history to indicate that all people must come up We require no money at the time you buy Don't forget this A lot of people will buy Bec the next six months. You may b You'll look for a handsome suit bargain. Remember this—you any more such bargains as we're No matter if you could manage the price opportunity is NOW. You'll find suites from $60 to 25% to 35%. It means a big take advantage of the offer, best money at the time you buy. You afford to pay each week or me you without asking any contract PETER GROGAL A lot of people will buy Bedroom Suites during the next six months. You may be one of those people. You'll look for a handsome suite and try to find a bargain. Remember this—you're not going to find any more such bargains as we're offering right now. No matter if you could manage to wait until later—the price opportunity is NOW. You'll find suites from $60 to $250, reduced from 25% to 35%. It means a big saving, and you can take advantage of the offer, because we require no money at the time you buy. Tell us what you can afford to pay each week or month, and we sell to you without asking any contract, lease, or notes. Prices are marked in plain figures to the heights through sacrifice, making one of the very best speeches of the occasion. Editor J. H. Murphy, of the Afro-American Ledger, predicted the failure of the disfranchising amendment when it came before the people of the state, and explained the attitude he had taken in the recent campaign, placing local issues above national, and appearing, perhaps, to side with the democrats on the water loan, etc., in order to secure the sympathetic co-operation of certain strong political influences—usually against us—in our fight this year against the amendment. Councilman Harry C. Cummings, Baltimore's favorite political and social leader,—who ought to be elected to the city council for life by his well-served constituency—made a strong plea for the loyalty of leaders to their people, and Mr. S. Q. Sanks, one of the invited guests from Cambridge, Maryland, stood up for a greater degree of intelligent aggressiveness on the part of the Negro in the assertion of his constitutional rights. Other speeches of an interesting character were delivered by Messrs. Samuel D. Hayward, manager of the department store conducted by the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company; Josiah L. Diggs, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals of the Knights of Pythias; W. H. Keys, of Tennessee; Truly Hatchett, of the Post Office Department; who had charge of the special branch of the post office granted for the National Negro Business League last summer; Brigadier General George H. Carter, W. H. Stanley, L. E. Williams and others. Others who subscribed and assisted largely in making the occasion a brilliant success were Messrs. Thaddeus Copeland, John Hawkins, Milton R. Lee; T. W. Walker, George A. Fisher, John Henderson, Clinton A. Davis, John H. Henderson, of Baltimore; and Dr. Dexter P. Reynolds, of Cambridge, Maryland. In the "wee sma' hours" of morning, Messrs. Jones and Thompson were escorted to their train by a special committee and they returned to Washington testifying that the open-hand- ed hospitality and genial good fellowship of the Marylanders would abide with them evermore. Attorney Thomas L. Jones, in whose honor the occasion was devised is a leader at the bar of the District of Columbia, a graduate of the law department of Howard University, and came very near sitting in Congress as the representative of the fourth Virginia district, to succeed the valiant John H. Langston. He is a man of the people and they believe in him. He owns a beautiful home on a fashionable avenue in Washington and takes an active part in church work and all important civic movements. The absence of Editor W. Calvin Chase, of the Washington Bee, was deeply regretted, and most of the speakers referred to him in affectionate terms. WHAT ONE PENNY MAY DO It will cost you just one penny to send a postal card to the Peter Grogan and Sons Company, of 817-823 Seventh street, asking them to mail you their "Booklet on Credit." We have just finished reading one of these little pamphlets and find that it contains information which will give the majority of people an entirely new idea of the value of their credit. The Grogan people believe that a person with any regular income is entitled to use credit as a right, and that they may use that credit with just the same feeling of independence as though it were cash in hand. They show the buyer how an account may be started in a small way, without using any money at the time, and by keeping the account in good standing, add to it gradually until the furniture for a comfortable home may be purchased for such a small amount each week or month, that the outlay will not be a burden. Credit is shown in an entirely new light and you will feel that they are trying to give buyers more help than is offered by any other house in the world. It will take you but a minute to send the card, and the returns may be worth many dollars to you. Write the card now—before you forget it. A vote on the street parade was taken at the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church at the close of the services Sunday morning and it was unanimously decided that at the conclusion of the great rvival that is now in progress, a mammoth parade parade is planned after that inauguration of the streets will be made. The ted by Gipsy Smith some time ago, and the colored people are manifesting much interest in the coming affair. The Rev. Drew preached the sermon and there wer more than 2,000 people in th audince. A large number of people were baptized at the morning service. In his sermon on "The Constitution of the Church," Dr. Drew said: "This is the greatest document of all time and applies to every land. It is brief and it is perfect. It suffers no amendment. God is its author. Other constitutions are framed by men, but they are for a nation. This is for a world. Nations die and with them their constitutions. This will endure as long as the race." NEGROES OPPOSE WARING Declaring that Professor J. H. N. Waring is a detriment to the best interests of the education of colored young men and women, a number of colored citizens of Northwest Baltimore held a meeting Monday night at 1100 Etting street and petitioned the School Board to remove Professor Waring at once as principal of the Colored High and Training School. D F. Harrod, at whose home the meeting was held, presided. He and several others spoke. All condemned the failure of the School Board to insist on Professor Waring's immediate departure They said that the school was suffering more as a result of his continuance in office, after his resignation is said to have been accepted, than it would be under a temporary principal.-Baltimore Sun. COWPUNCHERS The Cumberland Alleganian. Texas cowpunchers are to use automobiles at the round-up hereafter. Shooting frontier towns in dress suits will be the next step. Senator Bailey should take due notice. Reao The Bee TUSKLESS ELEPHANT. Ceylon the Only Part of the World Where They Exist. What a sight for a Ceylon elephant hunter would be the first view of a herd of African elephants—all tuskers! It is a singular thing that Ceylon is the only part of the world where the male elephants have no tusks; they have miserable little grubbers projecting two or three inches from the upper jaw and inclining downward. Nothing produces either ivory or horn in fine specimens throughout Ceylon. Although some of the buffaloes have tolerably fine heads, they will not bear a comparison with those of other countries. The horns of the native cattle are not above four inches in length. The elk and the spotted deers antlers are small compared with deer of their size in India. This is more singular, as it is evident from the geological formaton that at some remote period Ceylon was not an island, but formed a portion of the main land. It is thought there must be elements wanting in the Ceylon pasturage for the formation of ivory.-Ceylon Manual. Smokeless Coal. A London inventor claims to have discovered a process for producing smokeless coal, apparently by distillation of coal at a low temperature. This, after distillation, is said to deposit a very brilliant substance, the heating properties of which are far greater than those of the original coal, and which is absolutely free from smoke and dirt. The inventor contends that efforts to overcome the smoke plague have hitherto been unsuccessful because they have been made in the wrong direction, and that by the extraction of the smoke-producing material in coal before being burned, he has been successful in producing a smokeless coal. Electrocuting Animals The slaughter of animals for food by electrocution is being experimented by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who has been conducting his investigations in the French abattoirs. He has been using the intermittent low tension currents and says that he is satisfied that the system is palpable, the central functions of perception being first destroyed and than those of circulation and respiration, so that there is neither suffering nor reaction in the animals thru. killed. The doctor is endeavoring to devise some piece of apparatus by which the killing of cattle may be accomplished by electricity with economy and celerity. The Shy Man. Women show no mercy to the shy man, for he stands outside of the compass of convention. Could he break out all might be saved; the man might be permanently cured. But he cannot. He has been brought up to respect convention. His muscles may be of steel, his heart of fire, but in his soul the spirit of diligence holds him in a vice. In a drawing room he stands gapling, quicking, prey to introspective torment—he who would perhaps storm a rampart with a triumphant smile. His lips—London Observer. Hanging Pictures Dangerous. "Railroad casualties receive wide publicity;" said an insurance man, "that there is a common belief on the part of the public that one is more liable to accidents while travelling than when living the simple life in the confines of his home. "As a matter of cold fact, statistics show that accident insurance companies pay more money to people who get hurt hanging pictures or taking stoves apart than they do to the victims of head-on collisions. It sounds strange, but it's the truth." —Kansas City Journal. Three Men to More Book. There lies in the British Museum the largest book yet printed, a colossal atlas of engraved ancient Dutch maps. It takes three men to move it from the giant book case in which it is stored in the library of the museum. It is bound in leather, magnificently decorated, and is fastened with clasps of solid silver, richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet high and weighs 800 pounds and was presented to King Charles II. before he left Holland in the year 1660. Valuable East African Forest. The Colonial Office recently sent out an expert to report on the Kenya forest, in the East Africa protectorate. He finds the forest extends 287 miles long by eight miles broad, and comprises 1,000,000 acres of timber. Taking the average value of the 2½d. per cubic foot, this works out to £23 per acre, or a total value for the whole forest of £23,000,000.—London Tilt-Bits. Dead Historians. I for my part believe in the dead historians. I glory in the possession of some hundreds of volumes by them. A great deal of cant is talked and written on this subject. There is an idea in some minds that a book on history to be good must be new. In nine cases out of ten the new book is a common-place re-statement of facts that were better presented by an older writer.—The Sphere. A Man and a Woman. A man's idea of being stylishly dressed is to wear something in which he looks atroclously bad; a woman's to wear something no other woman can duplicate. STRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS. The Clever Little Weasel and His Means of Defense. Take another of our animals. a fierce little weasel, clad in summer in a coat of brown, in winter turning white, but always with a jet black tip to the tail. The ermine, as it is incorrectly called in its winter coat, has an easy time of it, sneaking upon the mice and birds upon which it preys, but when a hawk takes after it in an open field in the sunlight or an owl in the moonlight, it would have but short shrift with all its sinuous leaping, were it not that the black tall tip is so conspicuous that it constantly attracts the eye and allows the pure white of the body to be confused with the snow. Even when we place a dead weasel on the snow and look at it from a distance we realize how true this is, and how valuable must be the pencil tufts of black hairs to this little vermin who spends his life in hunting or being hunted.—The Outing Magazine. Everyone of Them a Bird. A current newspaper item is as follows: "The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia, has been married three times. Her malden name was Partridge; her first husband was named Robin; her second husband, Sparrow; and the present one's name is Quayle. There are now two young Robins, one Sparrow, and three little Quayles in the family. One grandfather was a Swan, and another was a Jay; but he's dead and now a bird of Paradise. "They live on Hawk-ave.. Eagleville, Canary Islands, and the fellow who wrote this article is a lyre bird and an interesting relative of the family." Arctic Dog L'fe. Nowhere in the world has the dog such unrestricted right of way as in our most northerly possession—Alaska. In winter, when the more than 60,000 square miles of territory are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are almost the sole means of getting from place to place—in fact, they seem necessary to life itself. The aristocrats of Arctic dog life are the mall teams in the service of the United States Government. They are to-day a superior breed to the dogs employed some half dozen years ago before great gold discoveries demanded increased mall service.—St. Nicholas. Names that Don't Names. Many chemical names convey no exact idea of the things they stand for. Oil of vitriol is no oil, neither are oils of turpentine and kerosene. Copperas is an iron compound and contains no copper. Salts of lemon is the extremely poisonous oxalic acid. Carbolic acid is not an acid but an alcohol. Cobalt contains none of that metal but arsenic. Soda water has no trace of soda, and sugar of lead has no sugar; cream of tartar has nothing of cream, nor milk of lime any milk. German silver has no silver and blacklead no lead. Dogs Around Blacksmith Shops. Two or three dogs are nearly always to be found loafing about every blacksmith shop. This fact is so well recognized that detectives when sent out after valuable dogs that have been lost invariably visit first all the blacksmith shops in the neighborhood. The reason why dogs visit the blacksmith shops is that they love inordinately the odor and the taste of burning hoofs. They sniff the odor as a woman sniffs a rose, and they eat the hoof parings as a gourmet eats truffles.—Minneapolis Journal. Supply of Gold. It is mainly from Africa, America and Australia that the world draws its supply of gold, some $400,-000,000 worth won regularly every year. Africa leads with about $150,-000,000; next comes the United States with about $95,000,000; Australia ranks third with some $S5,-000,000, while Russia, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico, Canada and several other countries, make up the remainder. A Long Sleep. An astonishing trance case has come to light in Berlin. A clerk, aged 46—a healthy normal man—suddenly fell asleep in June 1904. All efforts to awaken him were unsuccessful and the sleeper since then has never opened his eyes. He breathes regularly and swallows his food mechanically, but is insensible to the severest attempts to arouse him. Lace Curtains. Lace window curtains should always be soaked for an hour in cold water to which a little borax has been added, before being put into warm suds. This goes out the smoky smell that is sometimes so noticeable in curtains that have been used in a city. Life in Germany. Every one who has travelled in Germany is familiar with the word "verboten"—forbidden. He finds it is verboten to almost everything which he thinks he has been accustomed to do in the United States. Chicago Standard. A Valuable Relie- A thirteenth century copper and gilt cliborium, supposed to have come from Malmesbury abbey, was sold by auction in London for $30,000. ANTIQUITY OF GLASH. Made in Egypt Thousands of Years Before the Christian Era. Though the art of making glass of certain kinds is very old, spectacles had to wait on the discovery or invention of some method that would produce it perfectly transparent. Specks of glass have been found in the Egyptian tombs that are more than 4,000 years old, and glass bottles are represented on tombs at least 1,500 years earlier. In Mesopotamia the art of making glass has been least 2,000 years. Glass of antic y, and w 9 vel... out tr. That window glass, such as is now in current use, was slow to gain currency is shown by the little panes in many old buildings in Europe. They are usually round, or nearly so, and so small that one of them can easily be held between the tips of the fingers and the thumb. Cards for Everything. So thoroughly has the card index or catalogue become a part of modern business that practically no activity is without it. Brides keep the list of presents on cards. Pastors are adopting the card index to keep the name and addresses of their parishioners. Not long ago the complete list of members of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New York was transferred to cards. There are a million names. Owners of stables and kennels keep the records of their animals on cards instead of in books. Writers now keep cards on which they put down "experiences" or "episodes" to be filed away and to be used for material when they get down to writing.—Sat. Evg. Post. Followers of Mark Twain The latest addition to the fresh air flends seems to be included in the young ambulance surgeons. In spite of near-to zero weather it is common to see one of these young men responding to a hurry call without a hat, and it is quite as common a sight to see them, even at night time, when it always seems colder than in the day time, seated on the rear seat of the ambulance, attired in white duck trousers. Doubles it is only a part of the exuberance of youth, but duck trousers on a night when the mercury is trying to push the bottom out of the thermomter do seem a trifle out of place. Savlug Paper. The price of paper has increased so much in the last few years that we may have to do our writing on bark or celluloid. But here is a pointer: One of the big firms in New York, employing 7,000 people, has a way of assisting you to save letter paper, and at the same time serves itself in a matter of file and record. In writing to a customer, for instance, only one side of the sheet is used. Sheets are made of many sizes, to fit the length of all correspondence. At the bottom is printed in blue ink: "If necessary to reply, please do so on the back of this letter. This is a clever idea. Good Sentries. "Silly goose" is an expression which should be used by the extremely ignorant alone. No bird requires more patience to shoot with gun or camera, especially the latter. When feeding you will find flocks varying in size on open ground, and nearly always on such ground that a stalk is impossible. On the outskirts of these flocks you will always find sentries with heads erect, eyes and ears alert, the slightest sound or movement and you are detected—true descendants from the ancient preservers of Rome. Country Life. Prince Bismarck. Bismarck himself, was a tremendous smoker, eater, and drinker, and would stride, about the house followed by his dogs. The pipes and long cigars which he smoked in a day would have killed an ordinary man. He loved to pour into a huge stein a bottle of champagne and then a bottle of porter, and drink the whole mixture off at a single draft. Bismarck said of himself: "If there were many eaters like me in Prussia the state could not exist. I should have to emigrate."—P. T. O. World's Greatest Wonder. "What is really the greatest natural wonder on earth?" It is easy to answer now, says the Travel Magazine, since the stupendous falls of the Zambesi River have been discovered; one of the world's mightiest rivers, two miles wide, falling a sheer 420 feet. Niagara is only half a mile wide and 153 feet high, so that it figures as a mere cascade in comparison. Another Way to Put It. It might not be incorrect to say that the man who was smothered in a bin of oats, died from an overdose of breakfast food. The Man With the Gun. Trouble is always waiting round the corner for the man who has a gun in his pocket. gun in his pocket. E. VOIGT MANUFACTURING JEWELER 725 7th Street, Northwest Everybody has some friend whom they wish to make happy. It may be mother or father, sister or brother. It may be a wife, or it may be a sweetheart — and no better time than Christmas is so appropriate — so suggestive. Nothing makes one feel happier than to gladden the heart of another. divi that we Any article Our store carefully selected and action as can be found select will be I We ment specials. Gnetleme an Ster dies' rs an me $4.50. Ladies' Face, $8.00. Boys' Soli Put Your M Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-brac is now complete. Each inarefully selected and we feel satisfied thata visit from you will bear us out action ascan be found anywhere. Why not give us a call tomorrow? select will be laid aside and deliveredwhen wanted. Experienced clad Prices in the Diamond market are advancing, but OUR PRICES HAVE'NT 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 mer hants and not calculators, and our fair percentage of is all we ask. So, as long as these Dia monds last, it will be possible to buy them here under the regular market for SICK AND ACCIDENTAL ANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE VERY LIBERAL TERM PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE FIFTH and G Streets N. W. WORTH ADVERTISING There are 5,499 Negroes employed here Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes do $3,044,404. These more than three millions of here in Washington, but scattered among the Is this amount of money worth bidding for not even the largest stores in this city would end of it did they but realize how much money spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication without a rival or competitor, and covers the a few of the merchants in this city will patronize of The Bee, presenting the attractive list these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes who Government over three millions of dollars — ironizing a publication edited and operated by such firms desire and deserve their patronage, receive the bulk of these over three millions of spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furniture stores and what other lines of business will now make themselves these over three millions of doll Negroes by advertising in The Bee? Place your advertising in The Bee and wive Negroes spend their over three millions. Now is the time to advertise in The Bee, into every Negro home in Washington. R Washington, it's what advertising pays you. ALEXANDRIA SICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. AMERICAN HOME LIFE.INSURANCE CO., FIFTH and G Streets N.W. Washington,D. C There are 5,499 Negroes employed here in Washington by the Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes draw salaries aggregating $3,044,404. These more than three millions of dollars are spent right here in Washington, but scattered among the hundreds of tradesmen Is this amount of money worth bidding for? It certainly is, and not even the largest stores in this city would refuse to get the big end of it did they but realize how much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city. It stands without a rival or competitor, and covers the field like a blanket. If a few of the merchants in this city will patronize the advertising columns of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they may have, these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes who draw annually from the Government over three millions of dollars — will assume that by patronizing a publication edited and operated by one of their race that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of these over three millions of dollars received and spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods stores and what other lines of business will now make an effort to divert to themselves these over three millions tf dollars spent by Washington Negroes by advertising in The Bee? Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 5,499 appreciative Negroes spend their over three millions of dollars with you. Now is the time to advertise in The Bee, the newspaper that goes into every Negro home in Washin gton. Remember, merchants of Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. --- A. 112345 Chance for Much Trouble. The Bultan of Turkey recently paid $400,000 for a diamond. If he doesn't wish to have trouble with his harem he will insist on using the stene himself. Danger in New York Roads. There is an average of seven car collisions a day on the steam, subway, elevated and surface railways of New York. fine stones. 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. IDENT INSURANCE .00 PER WEEK INSURANCE ON GENERAL TERMS AFTER DEATH. BEE INSURANCE CO., Washington, D. C RISING FOR. And here in Washington by the Negroes draw salaries aggregating millions of dollars are spent right among the hundreds of tradesmen dealing for? It certainly is, and they would refuse to get the big much money the Negroes are real publication in this city. It stands over the field like a blanket. If all patronize the advertising contractive bargains they may have, does who draw annually from the dollars — will assume that by patronized by one of their race that patronage. And such firms will millions of dollars received and on. Mature stores, what dry goods stores will now make an effort to divert to us tf dollars spent by Washington Bee? Bee and watch these 5,499 appreciations millions of dollars with you. The Bee, the newspaper that goesington. Remember, merchants of pays you, not what it costs. Port Office Port Mustard manufacturers grew rich, we are told, not by the quantity of mustard consumed, but by that which is wasted and left on the diners' plates. The saying is recalled by an interesting statement made by the Postmaster-General as to the number of pens supplied for use by the public in the post offices of the country. It seems that last year the total was 1,250,000. Mme. Davis, 9 CARD READER TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS. N. B—No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. N. B—Mention The Bee --- Fireless stoves, or self-cookers, as they are variously known have been in use in Germany for a number of years. These colkers are used as follows: After a thorough heating the food to be stewed or boiled is placed inside the box, sealed and left for a sufficient time, when it is opened, and the food cooked by the retained heat, is ready to serve. Bank of England's First Safe In the Bank of England's museum may be seen the old oak chest which was the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street's first strong-room. It is a little larger than a common seaman's chest and in this the bank stored its cash, notes and valuable papers.—Strand Magazine. Great Britain consumes more butter than any other nation. The average per head is 13 pounds per year, as against eight pounds in Germany, four pounds in France and two pounds in Russia. The word "stung" has now come to mean such a variety of things in the vernacular that the busy little like, the wasp the hornet, and their ilk, have especial need to think twice before they act. As to Butter. "Stung." THE NIGHT RIDERS AIDED KENTUCKY Original Organization Did Away with Toll Gates and Brought About Good Roads. COMPANIES DISOBEYED THE LAW Crimes Committed Now Are by Gangs Hiding Behind Name of Old Association Which Caused the Abolishment of the Turnpike Companies. Louisville, Ky.—There has not been, it is said, a crime of mob violence committed in this State, in Tennessee, or, in fact, in any of the Southern States or in any of the Middle Western States in the past several years, with the exception of the occasional lynching of a negro by a mob, that has not been shouldered on the Night Riders. The Night Riders were an organized body back in 1900, when the State Legislature passed a law doing away with private ownership of State roads. For months the turnpike corporations refused to obey the "State laws. They appealed to the State Supreme Court, then to the Court of Appeals, and lastly to the United States Supreme Court, and on each appeal they would get a stay, which made it possible for them to continue running their toll gates and charging two cents a mile for every horse or vehicle that passed ever their property. Because of the law's delay the condition of the roads became impassible. The owners of the turnplikes would not expend one cent for improvements as long as there was question of their losing their property by a final court decision, but they did not cease to mulct travellers. All this while they refused to accept the fair price offered by the State for their roads. It was then that the Night Riders were organized. The organization spread from Shelby County to every part of the State, and one night in the late fall men rode from their homes and began burning toll gates. There is no record of a toll gate keeper being injured unless he showed resistance. . Then he was taken from the house, and if he continued to be defiant he was flogged. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the tole gate keeper was glad to give up his job and let the gate burn. Night Riders undoubtedly brought the turnpike corporations to terms. There was not a toll gate left standing in the State of Kentucky by the following spring. Had the taxpayers and farmers been contented to allow the law to take its never ending course the chances are that tollgates would still be holding up travellers on the State roads to-day, and that the roads would have been worse now than they were when the Night Riders became organized. The Kentucky roads now are among the best in the United States. There are not millions of dollars of watered stock on which to pay interest, and the State tax has improved them and even made it possible for almost all of them to be sprinkled with oil during the summer season, thus laying the dust. The success of the Night Riders in the war against toll gates led to an organization of a similar character when the fight was waged against the American Tobacco Company. But out of this last organization there grew a body of violent men, who live on excitement and thrive on lawlessness. Then sprang up, too, lawless bodies of men in many of the Southern and Middle Western States, who chose to call themselves Night Riders, though the probabilities are that 99 per cent. of the men didn't own so much as a horse to ride. If a list of the original body of Night Riders could be had the chances are that the names of many men who figured in the operations of the old Ku-Klux gang would be found, and if this list were sifted down it would show that many property-owners and men of prominence had resorted to vjolence because of their belief that action was their only safeguard against ruin, and that a defiance of law had to be met by a like defiance. Psyche Knot A Life Saxer Altoona, Pa.—Having washed and dried her hair, Mary Housner, aged twenty-two, did it up in a Psyche knot and walked out on the front porch. While she leaned against the railing it gave way and she was precipitated backward, head first, ten feet to the sidewalk, alighting on her head. 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Best up-town store to buy fine Candies, perfumery, cigars and toilet articles, as well as drugs and medicines of the best quality. AWARDED DEATH IN DESERT. Body of B T. Pratt, Dead from Hunger and Thirst, Found in California. Los Angeles, Cal.—"Water, if I could only and water! I'm suffering terribly from hunger. To-day I ate some green brush, but I can't go any more. I wonder how long it will take to die." These entries in the notebook of B. T. Pratt, whose body was found on the desert in Inyo county by two prospectors, give pathetic evidence of the suffering the man underwent as he watched the approach of death far from human habitation. The diary also was found by G. W. Lewis and S. E. Shattuck, the prospectors while on a trip through the Argus Mountains in Inyo county. Pratt had been dead nearly two months. He was evidently trying to reach the mountains, where he knew he would find food of a sort and water in abundance, but within sight of his refuge he gave out and could go no further. Pratt was sixty years old. The entries in the notebook were scribbled and began only when the man found he was in danger of dying. "Food gave out to-day; guess I can make Argus," was the entry for August 3, seven days after he had started to cross the desert. "Water gone," told the story of the following day. For one whole day he went without water or food, but maintained an optimistic spirit, as is witnessed by the following entry for August 6: "Signs of water about half mile ahead. There will be green stuff there too. Will reach it early in the morning." But evidently the desert was playing tricks on him, as it so often does by means of a mirage. Two days later came the two entries quoted first. The last entry reads:— "I left Grapeville, Inyo county, Cal., July 28. Tom Spratt told me I would perish. I thought I could make it, but got lost, so guess I will have to give in. I have no water, nothing to eat and can't walk. I have brothers, C. H. Pratt, at Banner Springs, Wyandotte county, Kan.; E. B. Pratt, in St. Louis, and W. R. Pratt, Custer county, Wyoming." LONGEST AUTO FREIGHT LINE. Cars Will Carry 27 Passengers and 10 Tons of Freight. Spokane, Wash.—What is believed to be the longest automobile freight and passenger stage line on the continent is in operation between Oroville and Brewster in Okanogan County, Wash., connecting with a steamer line to Wenatchee. The line has two 60-horse power cars, which will carry twenty-seven passengers and ten tons of freight, making the run of eighty miles in eight hours. The trip by wagon occupies almost two days. Branch lines will also be established to other points in the Okanogan country. The other line is between Marceus and Kettle Falls in Stevens County, north of Spokakne, connecting with a steamer to Spokane Falls. These cars will be of twenty-five and thirty horse power, respectively. F. L. Barney has charge of the automobile line, while Capt. Bruce A. Griggs, a veteran river man, will operate the steamer line. HAS A RABBIT PLAGUE. Bold Cottontails Destroy Crops on California Ranches. San Francisco, Cal.—Jack rabbits are said to be so numerous in the Antelope valley of California that the ranchmen are in despair. The animals are becoming so fierce that they are actually breaking down the fences around the adjacent fields and eating crops down to the roots. Not content with this, they are swarming into the desert towns and invading front yards of the dwellers. Citizens of Lancaster turned out recently and made a round-up. They put up a fence across the road between fences surrounding fields on each side and in short time drove in and killed with clubs five hundred jack rabbits. EAGLE KILLS A SHARK. Ship's Crew Witness Desperate Flight in Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore.—A remarkable combat between a large eagle and a shark was witnessed recently by Captain Henderson and the crew of the steamer Tangler in Chesapeake Bay. When coming out of Occohnock Creek they saw the eagle dive and come to the surface with a shark. Then followed a fierce struggle, the shark pulling the eagle under the water until it was almost exhausted. The fish was finally killed and floated dead on the water. Members of the steamer's crew put off in a small boat and captured the eagle, although it clawed them repeatedly and its mate, hovering close by, tried to attack them. Shot an Albino Squirrel. Marquette, Mich.—While hunting near Grand Marais, Gustav Herbert shot and killed an albino squirrel. It has been presented to James Cairns, of Grand Marais, and will be mounted. Albino deer are occasionally killed in upper Michigan, but this is the first time of which there is record that a white squirrel has been bagged less labor." The largest colored Young Men's Christian Association in the world is at Buxton, Iowa, says the Buxton Gazette; the membership being 325. Resolutions condemning "unscriptural divorce" were endorsed by the Ministers' Union of Lexington, Kentucky.* Mr. Joseph E. Lee, of Jacksonville, Florida, is said to be the strongest man of color, in his state. He wears his honors well and his people are a unit in commending him. The Whitman-Sisters have returned to their home, Atlanta, Georgia; after an absence of six years A PIONEER WOMAN DEAD Mrs. Nancy Leibey, 74 years old, one of the oldest settlers of Kansas, died at Lawrence the other day. Mrs. Leibey came to Lawrence in 1856 from Leavenworth in a stage coach guarded by 26 dragoons. Her husband survived Quantrell's raid, his wife helping him to escape. AN OLD CITIZEN DEAD William Alexander, who was born June 5, 1830, died January 31, 1909. In his early life he moved to Boydston, Virginia, where he married his first wife. He was married three times, and he leaves a wife, who was formerly Miss Sarah Chisley, one son, and two grandchildren to mourn his loss. Mr. Alexander was a trusted employee of the Department of Agriculture where he had been employed for more than 35 years. His original employment ante-dating the time when Honorable George B. Loring was Commissioner, and before that Bureau was raised to a Cabinet place. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, February 2, and there was a large attendance of his friends. The services were conducted by the Rev. J. Milton Waldron, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, of which Mr. Alexander had long been a member, although unable in latter years to be active in membership. The floral offerings were numerous and costly, and among them was a beautiful tribute from the Bureau in which he was so long employed. Some years ago his eldest son married Mis Jennie McGuinn and the result of that marriage was two sons both of whom are left. Mr. Alexander, Jr., died while he was holding a responsible position in the government service. TOO MUCH LAW HERE Attorney Takes Issue With Remarks of J. Easby Smith. Editor Post: In a report of a meeting held by the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association, reported by your paper under the date of February 2, I note that among the speakers was a brilliant and gifted lawyer of the amfecmfwypvb lawyer of the name of J. Easby Smith, formerly assistant United States District Attorney, who, in addressing the association, said, among other things, that "the statistics show that 95 per cent of the petty thieveries and crimes committed in the District are due to the fact that vagrants are permitted to exist with but little interference." I deny this assertion with all of the vehemence and power of which my being is susceptible. There is not a city in the United tates where the vagrancy laws are more vigorously enforced and where the idle population, that comes under the term of vagrant, is more carefully looked after than in the District. Workhouse Overcrowded Under the law of 1898, which is broad and comprehensive in its terms, the workhouse has been packed and overcrowded with this class of offenders. In many cases they have been picked up, brought into court, and sent to the workhouse when the officer has only seen the man once and knows nothing about his history or criminal tendencies, and this is for the purpose of keeping the city free from such characters. Mr. Smith again states "that it is unsafe for any woman to venture from her home on the streets after nightfall in Washington." Continuing, he said: "Until more stringent laws are passed, this conditions will continue." L. MELENDEZ KING, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Holding Probate Court. No. 15731 Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters testamentary on the estate of Lewis H. Douglass, 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 19th day of January, A. D., 1910, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 19th day of January, 1909, Hellen A. Douglass. 2002 17 street, northwest. Attest: William C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. L. Melendez King, Attorney. P. W. FRISBY, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, HOLDING PROBATE COURT No. 15560, Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of Administration on the estate of Albert Dickerson, 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 9th day of February, A. D., 1910; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all-benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 9th day of February, 1000 823 2 street, southwest. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. By order of the Board of Directors of the WASHINGTON MERCANTILE COMPANY, each stockholder is hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the stockholders of the above named Company at the Company's Store, number 300 G Street, Southwest, Washington, D. C., March 15, 1909, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., for the purposes of extending the Company's business: to levy assessments; to increase the number of subscribers to the Company's shares of tock unsold; and to increase the sale of shares of stock to those who are already stockholders. And immediately thereafter on the same date and at the same place the ANNUAL ELECTION of the Board of Directors of the Company will take place. Each stockholder should be present in person or by proxy. Proxy blanks can be obtained at the Company's Store. Notices have been mailed to each stockholder signed by the Board of Directors. John H. Lee, President of the Board of Directors. Charles A. Robinson. Secretary to the Board of Directors. February 8, 1909. Marion T. Clinkscales, Attorney for the Company. Nicely furnished and unfurnished rooms. Hot and cold baths. 2018 Vernont avenue, northwest. Furnished room, with steam heat and gas. 1002 26th Street northwest. Excellent furnished room with hot and cold baths. Centrally located, and and cold baths. Centrally locate, and within one hundred yards of two lines of cars. Address Box C, Bee Office. FOR RENT Rooms. Nicely furnished room with hot and cold water baths. Gentlemen preferred. 1907 13th street northwest. Room. Centrally located, near two fines of cars. Quarter of a square from each. Hot and cold baths. Write box C, Bee office. Women Safe in the Streets. Writer Declares That Former Assistant District Attorney Has "Drawn Too Heavily on His Imagination" in Picturing Crime in the City — So-Called Vagrants Often Sentenced Without Trial From the Sunday Post Moselblumchen An excellent quality wine. Imported in wood. Our own bottling. $7 doz $7.50 24½ Bottles. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Phone M. NA. CHANCE TO BUY A PRINCESS DRESSER For $16.75 HOUSE AND HERMANN. No piece of furniture is more useful in a lady's Dressing room than a Princess Dresser. The long mirror gives a full length view of a costume. This Dresser in American quartered Oak, full swell front, and with French bevel plate mirror, is a January special bargain at the price above. When in Doubt, Buy of HOUSE AND HERRMANN 7th and I (Eye) Sts. N. W. Convenient Credit Terms Arranged. E. MURRAY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONS. OYSTERS IN SEASON. 1216. YOU STREET, NORTHVEST. PHONE. NORTH 908. N.B.Wigginton Telephone Linc'n 248 N. B. WIGGINTON (Twenty years with the Anheuser- er-Busch Brewing Ass'n. First Class Modern Prices THE ALWAYS BUSY BUFFET "Don't Worry". Tlfe best is none too good for you I have it 532 Eighth Street, S. E. Washington D. C. I fear that Mr. Smith is unduly alarmed and has drawn too heavily on his imagination. The women of Washington are just as safe here as in any other city in the United States and it is a grave reflection upon the efficiency of our splendid police force of the District, as well as the fair name of our city, to permit such a charge to go forth undenied. It is true that here and there a woman has been assaulted, and in some cases a thief has succeeded in snatching a pocket book, and yet, taking into consideration that ours is a cosmopolitan city made up of an aggregation of cranks and scholars and statesmen and ministers and thieves and of all the balance of the human race, forming one aggregate of 360,000 people, we are very fortunate. No Carnival of Crime. The carnival of crimes committed in other cities, such as murder, and robberies and the looting of banks by safe-blowers and the mysterious commission of other heinous crimes that are well known elsewhere. selfdom occur here. I believe the city has too much law. Too much law is as dangerous as no law at all. What we want is the creation of a healthy public sentiment among all our citizens for the observance of law and order. We must not conclude that by filling the workhouse and jails we are bringing about reforms in the prevention of crime. The board of charities' funds are already exhausted in giving aid to the starving wife and children of many an able-bodied man now confined in the workhouse, when corrective methods would have satisfied the ends of the law. For one, I am opposed to the change of the present vagrancy law in the District, except to modify it in such a way as to give the accused man the right of trial by jury. As it exists, a man is too often "sent down" on what somebody says his reputation is or has been, and fined $40 or six months in the workhouse. I think that trial by jury should be accorded in such cases where the defendant desires it. Thomas L. Jones, Attorney at law, 616 D street. Washington, February 5. --- THOMAS J. CALLOWAY, Attorney at Law. 494 Louisiana Avenue. Washington, D. C General Practice. Phone M 2404 Prompt and Careful Attention to All Matters. , TRY HIM. HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND FINE BOOTS AND SHOES 491 Penn. ave. N. W. OUR $2.50 AND $3 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT WM. 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Committee Any one may obtain a copy of it in print by writing to the Secrets Hugh M Browne, Cheyney, Pa., tion desired a two-cent paper write *Out of print. * To the Colored Men of Voting Can the South Solve the Negro H Carl Schurz. Why Disfranchisement is Bad, Archibald H. Grimke. * Voting Instructions to Marylh * What a Colored Man should Garrison Centenary Leaflet. Slavery and the Race Problem Hon. William H. Fleming. The Atlanta Riot. Ray Stannard Baker. The Negro in America. Andrew Carnegie. Articles now Address before the North Carol William H. Taft Work of the Colored Law and James H. N Waring. Study of the Negro's Progress in D. W. Woodard. In Prepa Committee Of Two We may obtain a copy of any of these public papers writing to the Secretary of the Committee, Browne, Cheyney, Pa., and enclosing for enclosed a two-cent paper wrapper addressed to the print. Colored Men of Voting Age in Alabama. South Solve the Negro Problem? Schurz. Franchisement is Bad. Nibald H. Grimke. Instructions to Maryland Voters. A Colored Man should do to Vote. Centenary Leaflet. and the Race Problem in the South. William H. Fleming. Santa Riot. Stannard Baker. Negro in America. Crew Carnegie. Articles now in Press. Before the North Carolina Society in New York. H. Taft. The Colored Law and Order League of Bakers. H. N Waring. The Negro's Progress in Jackson, Miss. W. Woodard. In Preparation. Committee Of Twelve Any one may obtain a copy of any of these publications now in print by writing to the Secretary of the Committee of Twelve, Hugh M Browne, Cheyney, Pa., and enclosing for each publication desired a two-cent paper wrapper addressed to himself. *Out of print. * To the Colgred Men of Voting Age in Alabama. Can the South Solve the Negro Problem? Négro Self- Help in Education. R .R. Wright, Jr. Negro Self-Help in Home Getti Kelly Miller. The Convict Lease System. George W. Forbes. Negro Self-Help in Hospital W George C. Hall, M. D. Paragr East Bessemer, Alabama. Some Successful Negro Business Business Cooperation between ena, Arkansas. In round numbers the circulati reached 100,000. M. Wright, Jr. Self-Help in Home Getting. Bry Miller. District Lease System. George W. Forbes. Self-Help in Hospital Work. George C. Hall, M. D. Paragraphs. Assemer, Alabama. Negro Banks in successful Negro Business Men. Cooperation between White and Negro M Nessas. In numbers the circulation of the above 20,000. East Bessemer, Alabama. Negro Banks in Mississippi. Some Successful Negro Business Men. Business Cooperation between White and Negro Men, in Helena, Arkansas. In round numbers the circulation of the above articles has reached 100,000. THE CRITERION CAFE! Mr, William H. Gwathney. formerly proprietor of the Eureka Cafe at 729 4th St. begs to announce that he has now opened the spacious and improved Criterion Cafe at First and G Sts. N. W.. 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THE BEST IN TOWN Buy your butter and eggs from the Elgin Creamery, 9th and Louisiana Avenues, northwest. ---