The Washington Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1893, Page 2

THE YO< BEE Dye Published every Saturday at 1109 1 Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. #uered at the Post Offiee at Washington ‘second class mail inatter. W. CALVIN CHASE, Eprtor. RACE LEADERSHIP. With but a few exceptions, race leadership among the negroes is a failure. : Subsequent to reconstruction or avery few years after the emanci pation of the negro, colored men with but limited education aspired to leadership; some of them were ornaments to society as well as val uable acquisitions to the govern ment. The higher some of them got, the bigger fools they appeared to be. Some got so high that they have left their people and ar- rogated to themselves that they were the government avd the peo ple were seris. A display of their own folly and ignorance soon hurled them from the topmost rounds of their, seem ing, popularity and placed them where they belonged. There were two or three who did all in their power to amelio'ate the condition of their people, but, they got uo credit, and would ofteu receive a buse and condemnation beause they could not turn the entire govern ment over to the malcontents. There is no man in this country who is entitled to more respect and consideration than the man who was an honor to the race while sen ator representing the State cf Mis sissippi, Register of the Treasury and now Recorder of Deeds. He is @ man of ability no one knows this better than those who know him best. While it 1s true, hig enemies are numerous, he has never been one to do them an injury, although he has had it in his power. No man is nore liberal to those in need and no one is more ready te give a help ing hand to the down trodden than this distinguished representative of the negro. No position that hehas ever held has been too large for him; no dis tinguisbed honor that has been con terred upon him has been the cause to affect him with the big head, which has been so characteristic of 80 many of the representative~ of the race. In a very short time, no doubt, this gentleman will retire from of ficial life, but not from active par ticipation in public affairs, business enterprises and the interests of his HUNGRY OFFICE SEEKERS Will President Cleveland satisfy some of the hungry Afro-American candidates by giving them a little recognition? They are terribly hungry and are getting im- patient—The Union, It is true that a number of color- ed men, calling themselves demo- crats, are applicants for office un- der this administration, and their efforts are no more persistent than those exercised by white men, who also, claim that they are demo- erats. If certain colored men have an idea that there is as mach for them in the democratic party as there is in the republican party, why can’t they have the same privilege of se- lecting their choice or exercising such right as white men? Colored men have the same right to apply for positions under this administra- tion as white men, especially when they have supported the party in power. The editors of the ‘-Ameri- can Citizen” are office holders and have depended on office for a liv. ing, but they are not inclined to treat fairly colored men who say they are democrats and are seeking recoguition from Mr. Cleveland. Colored editors as well as color ed republicans must learn that this isa progressive age and men as well as parties have changed since reconstraction. SHOULD BE ISSUED. Notwithstanding some of our newsp.+ pers opposing the pamphlet idea suggest- ed by the Hon. Fred Douglas and Miss Wells, we-hope they will be issued.—Sa- vannah Labor Union Recorder. The editor of the Recorder enter- tains the same opinion as a few others. No plausible reason has been given, us yet, why a pamphlet should be issued. The negroes can do a great deal more to show to for- eign nations that they have been misrepresented than by issuing a pamphlet. The “Petersbuag Record,” a _ bright, newsy, four page folio bas reached our s2nctam. We welcome it to the field of jouraalisn, . THE PRESIDENT IS DETER MINED. PETER H. CLARK FILES HIS PaPERS AND TAKES LEAVE Since the inauguration of Presi dent Cleveland the city has been filled with office seekers. Every place under the government bas been demanded, but, the President being such a stern believer in civil service reform, there kas been but afew changes made in the classi fied service. Tbe colored conting ent of the democratic party wiil not remain much longer in the city; the President, however, intimated that he weuld not make any re cess appointments as long as the ap plicants remained in the city. There is a great deal of uneasi bess among the colored democrats who have been in the city since the 4th of March; there is every rea son to believe that Mr. Cleveland will recognize such colored demo ‘crats as will be a credit to the par ty, and will have influence among the colored people of this country. Mr. Cleveland is no different from republican presidents; men of mer it will be recognized by him, be they black or white. It was sup posed that the President had seut for Prof Clark, of St. Louis, bat, up on investigation, the BEE has been informed that such is not the case. Prof. Clark has filed his papers for a place, the Recordership it is sup posed and has left for his home in St. Louis, and he has advised his as sociates to do likewise. This advice dosen’t seem to sitis fy the colored contingent. It iste liably stated that the President does not intend to appoint a color ed democrat as long es he remains in the city; that he intends to rec ognize co'ored men is true, but he intends to take his time. THAT PAMPHLET. If Mr. Douglass and Ce , who are engaged in the p»mphlet publishing business could keep the negro from attending the World’s Fair, probably the pamphlets would have more ef fect, but they canuot be kept away, therefore, there should be no pamphlets, it is too mnch like saying that fish ls stick aud at the same } time eating it,—Savannah Tribune The “Tribune” is away off. kike the “Freeman,” “Statesman” and “Now South,”’ on the pamphlet question, neith- er of which Has given any sudstantial rea- son why such a pampblet as proposed by Mr. Douglass should not be published. In fact, we are inclined to believe that these negro reprerentative papers are more in- clined to diseuss the pamphlet more in the abstract than to undertake a tangible argument against its publication. : We hope the pamphlet will be published as outlined by Mr. Donglass.—The Sen- tinel. There has not been sufficient reasons stated,as yet, why the pamphlet should be issued by Mr. Douglass or any one else, There is a great deal more impor tant work to be done for the race than the issuing of a pamph let. The BEE has no_ hesitancy in saying that, it believes that Mr. Douglass is sincere and means well, but, there is none cessity for a pamphlet, A DIFFEREN Perhaps the colored editors throughout the country can see, to a great extent, that it is not al ways the fault of the Southern white people that’ colored men are killed and lynched, or accus ed of crimes committed. The two, recent, murders in Mary land of highly respectable white citizens should be condemned by the entire press of the coun try. Indeed the white people of that State, and the counties in which these murders were com mitted, have shown their good sense by allowing the law to take its course. Had these crimes been committed farther South, Judge Lynch would have execut ed the law without judge or jury. The Bee is inclined to believe that itis the brutal negro and white element of the South that commits these crimes. It is but seldom that you hear of a highly |respecctable colored citizen be ing lynched for some outrage committed on white or colored ladies of the South; the white people are learning to discrimin ate between the brute and the re fined element in the colored race. There is a great deal that the negro representatives can do in reforming this element. There is too much color line érawn, even in the courts of justice. Some colored attorneys are of the opin ion that a man is prosecuted on account of his color. JUDGE KIMBALL’S DECISION The decision of Judge Kimball not holding agents responsible for acts. which rightly belong to the principals, is in the opinion of some based upon the same prin- ciples laid down by Mr. Bishop on contracts. A house that is placed in an agent’s hands to col lect rents without authority to improve the property; certainly, when a nuisance exists and the principal is out of the city, the authorities may, in that case, step’ inand abate the nuisance, and charge the expenses tothe princi pal, although te may be out of town. On the other hand if the agent is under contract to doand not to do certain acts and if he does some thing contrary to his agreement, although he may be directed by the authorities, the principal, if the principles of law on contracts are correct, would not be bound. Attorney Thomas differs with the decision of the Court and the question now is, will the decis ion of the Court stand against the opinion of Attorney Thomas? GOT ON WAR PAINT. Mr. H.C. Smith, of Alabama, is the authority for the statement that the Bee is now making and he wants it known that itis no secret. The report is that the two office holding editors, Messrs. Thornton and Calloway, are to be decapitated on occount of their unwarrantable attack on the col ored democrats who are inthe city, applicants for office. When the article appeared last week a great deal of indignation was manifested by the association of colored democrats. Whether the colored democrats will be successful in decapitating Messrs, Thornton and Calloway is a question that time will de cide. NOT SURPRISING. EDITOR FORTUNE MAy APPLY FOR THE HAYTIAN MISSION. it will not be surprising to the Bee to see published in some great daily paper of this country the ape plication of editor T, Thomas For- tune for the Haytian Mission. Mr, Fortune supported Mr, Cleveland in 1838, when he was defeated by Mr. Harrison, and after the mau- guration of Mr. Harrison, Mr. For- tune applied for the Haytian mis- sion in such a manner uutil some weak minded republicans conclud~ ed that he was about to be apx pointed. During the four years incumben- ey of Mr. Harrison, editor Fortune had hopes of being appointed to the Haytian mission or to some other important position, and Mr. Cleveland did not fail to receive the attention of Mr. Fortune’s vita- perations, Things have chauged again and now Mr. Fortune is praising Mr. Cleveland and abusing ex~Presi- dent Harrison. The result will be that the Bee’s esteemed contempo- rary will apply for the Haytian mission or for some other place un- der this administration. SABBATH SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT. In visiting the Sabbath Schools of the District, Mr. E. P. Clemens, the musical director of the Sabbath School Union, says, the schools of color compare favorably with any of the schools of any other race in the District, and they need not be ashamed to have any Sabbath School worker visit them. He seems to think that their sue- cess is due, first, to the fact of their having good, scholarly geutlemen for their Superintendents; second- ly, in having good, confpetent and interesting instructors, as teachers, Of course, these qualities cause parents to be interested, hence the reciprocity. As to the musical part ; of the program, it needs no enconi um, for it is a well known fact that the people ef color are the best natural singers earth has ever been blest with. The noted musician, W. T. Gif- fee, says of their original songs, “the melody and sweetness with which they sing them has never been imitated by haman hands, save by the violin.’’ In this eonnection, we can well bring in a stanza from that famed man, Charles Wesley, whose life is known by all Methodist readers: “Who has a right like us to sing, Us whom his mercy praises? Merry our hearts, for Christ our King, Cheerfal are all our voices.” While some of our schools have in attendance their three and five hundred, yet, there is plenty of room, and the invitation om the outer door of each school, says: “Come parents and bring your children.’, A SUMMER RESORT. Mr. Robert H. Key has opened a fine summer club house in the county boyond Good Hope. Mr. Key proposes to make this summer resort first class in every particular. Mrs. Key, the wife of Mr. Key, is now putting the place in proper or- der, and on or about May ist there will be a grand ecpening. CARDINAL MEZZOFANTI. Monster of Languages and & Walking Polyglot. Lord Byron said of Giuseppe Gas- pardo Mezzofanti, who died in Rome March 15, 1849, that he was a monster of languages, a Briareus of parts of speech and a walking polyglot. The description was a just one. Even in his early youth Mezzofanti exhibited his peculiar talent for mastering lan- guages. He had an extraordinary memory, and before he was of age had acquired Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Coptic, Spanish, French and Swedish. At twenty-three he was Professor of Arabic at the University of Bologna. As chaplain of a hospital in the same city he made the acquaintance of all the foreign patients there, and while ministering to the wants of the invalids acquired their languages. In this way he learned German, Hungarian, Bo- hemian, Wallachian, Servian, Russian, Polish and Croatian. Whenever strang- ers arrived at the hotels he mude their acquaintance for the sole purpose of studying the peculiarities of their phraseology and pronunciation. Be- coming chief keeper of the Vatican Library in Rome his opportunities for linguistic study were greatly increased, and he made further additions to his already immense vocabulary. He be came proficient in Irish, Welsh, Lap- pish, Sanscrit, Persian, Georgian, Ar- menian and Chinese, and was so thor- oughly at home in the dialectical varieties of the languages of Europe that he could pass from one to the other with the utmost ease. Though Mezzofanti knew much he produced little, He was the author of but one book, and that was of an unimportant character. He Was a A Romance of To-Day. This world has a good deal of ro- mance, and romance is the silver lining to the cloud of hard materialism of which life is largely composed; and the romantic is not confined to the narrow region occupied by poets or painters, but is met in the workshop, in the har- vest field, and in the woodland, and all men are the better for meeting it. Only a little while ago a hired man who lives near Chicago went to town to purchase a pair of overalls, little dream- ing of what was to follow. He was not an imaginative hired man. Along the cool, sequestered way of life he kept the noiseless tenar of his way, and his hopes and dreams never soared above the plow and harrow and the luscious bales of hay. However, to return to our theme, as the “solitary horsemen” novelists say, the hired man went to the store and purchased a shapely pair of overalls, for which he paid seventy-five cents in coin of the realm, and then he returned to his home and donned the princely clothes. It is not recorded whether they fitted him, but little boots it whether they did or not; no man can expect to purchasea bridegroom’s out- fit for seventy-five cents. “He naturally put his hand in the pocket of his new garment, and there discovered a note written by the girl who made the overalls, and asking the purchaser to write to her. The mind of the hired man grasped the possibili- ties of the situation; he wrote to her. Could anything be more romantic, more like a novel than this? He re- ceived the following answer from the young lady :— “I am glad you wrote to me;I wanted to know if there really was a man fool enough to buy seventy-five cent over- alls,” Superstitions of Scotoh Fishermen. Some still cxisting superstitions among fishermen are communicated by aresident. At the beginning of the herring season the crew all try to seize the herring first on board to see if it be a male or a female. If it is a male their fishing may be expected to be a poor one; if a female a good one, Sometimes, however, the skipper se- cures it, and hides it away, salting and laying it aside for the season. The boat; must not be turned against the sun. Certain animals considered of il) omen must not be spoken of in the boat, and ministers in this respect oc- cupy the same place as rabbits, hares an@’pigs. Fishermen do not like to lend anything to a neighboring boat lest their luck should go with it. If they lend a match they will contrive— secretly, if possible—to break it and keep part, hoping thereby to retain their luck. Their dislike to have anything stolen is increased by the fear that the thief may have stolen their luck with it. To ask the question, “Where are you go- ing?” of any one who is going on board is equivalent to destroying all his chances for that time. Persons of cer- tain names are held to be of bad omen, the dreaded names being different in different villages. Out of Place. Men may be exceedingly fond of “womanish” women in their homes— women who laugh and cry in a breath; whose caprices come and go with the wind; but woe to the wage earner who is hypersensitive! She is out of place in shop or office, and is soon made to realize the fact. When a women en- ters a business career, she should lay aside not her womanliness, but her womanishness. Not long ago a woman visiting a publication office at its busi- est time complained rather querulously that she “was not even offered a chair.” It is foolish and unnecessary to demand in the rush and hurry of business the formalities and attentions of the draw- ing-room. Ifa woman is considerate of others, she will certainly receive consideration and civility from her associates. More ought not to be in- sisted upon. When a woman is found who gets on in business as well as a man, it is generally also found that she imitates the methods of a man, goes about her work steadily and systemati- cally, and, it is safe to say, leaves her tears and exactions af heme. SAE Sr ei TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Carlyle W. Harris’ health is breaking down from anxiety over his fate. It is reported that Jim Corbett, the pugilist, has incipient consumption. One-half of the locked-out New York clothing cutters have returned to work. The anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday was celebrated on the 23d inst. at Stratford-on-Avon. Mrs. Almira Hancock, widow of Major General Winfield S. Hancock, died in New York on the 20th inst. William Muldoon, the wrestler and. trainer, is in danger of losing an eye from an accident in a wrestling bout. Edwin Booth, the great actor, has again hada slight attack of paralysis, but no immediate danger is appre- hended. The granting of what is practically universal suffrage in Belgium quieted the strikers and most of them returned to work. The ninth annual report of the Civil Service Commission urges that fourth- class postmasters be placed in the class- ified service. : Mr. Gladstone in reply to a deputation said he did not believe that legislation by Parliament would settle the eight hours’ workday question. The Earl of Derby, one of the most eminent of English noblemen, is dead, aged 67 years. He was the fifteenth in the line of Earls of Derby. The President expects to be absent from Washington about a week in at- tendance upon the naval review and the opening of the World’s Fair. Sensational charges have been made at Tacoma, Was!, involving a number of custom officials, in a daring plot to smuggle opium and Chinamen. A number of Explorer Peary’s backers in Philadelphia have withdrawn their subscriptions because he insists on taking his wife along on his North Pole trip. Amalla, a fugitive from justice in New Mexico, is reported to have stirred up a band of rebels, who, with him at their head, killed 180 Mexican troops in bat- tle. David M. Stone and William C. Prime, of the New York Journal of Commerce, have sold their controlling interest, but Mr. Stone will stay with the paper. O. M. Barnes, of Lansing Mich., has paid out $825,000 to help his son out of his difficulties incurred in the failure of the Lansing Iron and Engine Works and the Lansing Engine Company. Mr. J. C Carter, counsel for the United States before the Bering Sea Tribunal, de- clared in his argument that seals were not wild beasts but were under the care and nurture of the United States. It appears that the two refugees re cently received by Minister Egan, and who were ordered to be given up by Sec- retary Gresham, attempted to escape, and one (Fluentis) was captured by the Chilian authorities. New York has cabled an order to Sax- ony for a portable steam disinfecting ap- paratus which will not only thoroughly disinfect all articles by streams of steam, but thoroughly dry and ventilate the goods and turn them out odorless. It is stated that Herr Krupp will pre- sent his mammoth gun to Chicago, af- ter the World’s Fair and that city wil} construct a fortification for its recep- tion on the lake frontas an object-lessov for the naval school to be established there. Not content with the splendid mechan- ical triumph presented in the quadruple perfecting press, the Messrs. Hoe & Co. have designed and completed a perfect- ing color press which will print four colors on a single page, and will turn out issues of either eight, twelve, sixteen or twenty-four pages, folded and ready for delivery, The lower House of the New York Legislature, at the last moment, passed the Anti-Monopoly bill upon which the Senate had already taken favorable ac- tion. It is not believed that Governor Flower will interpose any objections. The bill practically renders all trusts il- legal and imposes a penalty of $5,000 and one years’ imprisonment. Four boys, with an aggregate cash capital of 56 cents, left New York on Monday last for Chicago to see the World’s Fair. Now one of them lies al- most mortally wounded in a hospital, having been struck by a railroad train; one is a prisoner in charge of the Gerry Society, and the other two are safely home, having backed out before crossing the North River, A sensational prank of college students was played last week by the sophomore fraternity, the Delta Omicron Alphas, upon the Sigma Zeta Mus, a Greek let- ter fraternity of the juniur class, Five students of. the latter society were branded in the face with lunar caustic so as to disfigure them for life. The vio- tims swore out warrants for the offend- ers. The penalty is from one to twenty years in prison. The President is expected to appoint by the first day of May three Commis- sioners at $5,000 a year apiece and ex- penses (with clerical assistance), author- ized by the last Congress, to negotiate with the five civilized tribes for the abo- lition of the tribal conditions and gov- ernment and the conversion of what is now called Indian Territory into a reg- ular territory of the United States, with a view to its ultimate admission asa State. The President will appoint ex- Senator Dawes as the Republican mem- ber of the Commission, but he has not as yet selected the two Democrats. The abstract of reports made to the Comptroller of the Currency showing the condition of the national banks in the United States at the time of the last call, Monday, the 6th day of March, has been prepared at the Treasury Depart ment. The aggregate of the resources is $3,347,721,228. In this connection it is interesting to note that the gold coin held aggregates $99,857,235; gold certifi- cates, $69,098,790; gold clearing house certificates, $4,939,000. Loans and dis- counts reached tie enormous sum of $2,- 188,000,000, Among the liabilities capi- tal stock paid in aggregates $688,000,000 and individual deposits $1,751,000,000, ee ere — as | Haverstraw. EXIT FROM SING Sing TWO MURDERERS MAKE 4 5¢ TIONAL ESCAPE, — in the Eyes of Watchmen Hulse aodg Locked Him Im & Cell—Carlyle ttarrig Had a Chance. Murderers Thomas Pallister and Prank W. Rohle, both under sentence of dea; escaped from the condemned ce! Death House at Sing Sing prison ab 8 o'clock Thursday night last not yet been captured. [t w. the most daring escapes ever mae fs: Sing Sing prison, and the first ese. pe of a murderer since the electrical deat!) |y was passed, the followin: g statement regarding the escape of the two prisoners: “About 7,30 last + Rohle asked me to warm his supp. the stove in the corridor, saying was not feeling very well. I did so, the space between the bars of the « door being very narrow, I open door in order to pass the food in + As soon as the door was opeued, threw some fine stuff into my do not know whether it was pe. dirt. Rohle then grabbed me throat and forced me against the bars of Pallister’s cell. Pallister —reache¢ through the bars, grabbed my hands a held them behind my back while R took my revolver and keys away me. Rohle then released Pallister and they marched me into Roble’s cell, No. 2, They then asked the other men if they wanted to escape, but they all saii they did not.” Before escaping Pullister and Robie unlocked the cells of condemned derers Carlyle W. Harris, Osmond, wife murderer, and Geoghan, the Brook. lyn murderer, and invited these tires men to go with them to gain their free dom, but they refused and remained iv their cells, Harris was in a nervous con. dition, as he was just recovering from a fit of sickness, Pallister and Rohle, after opening the cells, managed to climb to the skylight in the roof of the Death House. whi: they quickly smashed and crs through onto the roof. After gettir through the glass skylight they hs break through the tarred paper : of the Death House. ‘his was « complished by Pallister, who armed with anironbar. They ran alc to the North end of the Death House»: then jumped down, leaving their fow- printsin the earth. They had little ditt culty then in jumping from the Deut House, which is only a one-story build- ing. There are no guards on watch outside of the prison at night and the two « demned murderers made their way ¢ the slope or bluff from the prisou grounds to the shore, where they easily Overpowered the Guards, Threw Pepper | obtained a row boat which is used by tho prison officials. In this boat they are supposed to have rowed across the rive to some point at or near Nyack or Before they ‘eft the Deatt House Pallister took Keeper Hulse’s hat and shoes, He tore the gold letters “keeper” from the hat. Both murderer: were dressed in dark clothes, as the prisoners in the Death House do not wear the prison garb stripes. Warden Brown has suspended Keepers Hulse, Murphy, John Maher and Keep erFlynn. Maher and Flynn were sup posed to be doing guard duty in and about the death-house. Ic is thouglit very strange that the latter heard nv signs of a struggle when Murphy and Hulse were overpowered. Assistant District Attorney Mclatyrs of New York, says that Rohle’s brothe: arrived in this country last week with $14,000 to effect his release. He had sup posed the money was to be used iu « le- gal way. Rohle has sworn to kill MclIn- tyre at the first opportunity. A terrific hurricane was biowing at the time of the escape. HOME RULE TRIUMPHS. The Bill Passes Second Reading by 4% Majority. The Home Rule bill passed its second reading, in the House of Commons, by 483 majority, the vote standing 347 t 804. Gladstone’s triumph was wituesse! by an enormous crowd of spectators. The result was greeted with lusty chee by Liberals and Nationalists. Mu: bitterness marked the closing hours 0! debate, the bitterness being on theside of the Unionists and Conservatives, whe felt rather than knew that Gladstone's measure was sure of victory. Througl out the debate has been characterized by extravagant predictions and threats on the part of the tories, whi both Gladstone and his followers have shown the utmost coolness and moder i The final passage of the meast is not doubted, and its rejection by ‘ House of Lords seem equally certain. !* is expected Mr. Gladstone will then sees to overthrow the power of the Loris. Will Not Have Mr. Judd. Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Premie-. has given notice to American Minister Grant that the Austrian Governmelt will not grant an exequatur to Mr. Mas Judd, of St. Louis, appointed by Presi- dent Cleveland as Consul General fo United States at Vienna. The reas" given is that Mr. Judd is an ex-Austria® subject, and not that he is a Jew. Disorder in Ireland. The Irish Nationalists and Orange?” of Belfast, are keeping up the rioting + the military are kept busy preser’! Philadelphia’s New Yostmaster. — * President Cleveland has appointed Ww Wilkins Carr postmaster of Philadelp)'* in place of John M. Field, resigned. *'* Carr is a prominent local lawyer *° . Democrat, and 40 years of age. The Old Liberty Bell. The of Liberty bell left Philade!p!'* on Tueaday on the Pennsylvania Rail toad fof the Columbian fair. It was ‘ ceived with great enthusiasm at 0"! B route, ~~" ers ee