The Washington Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1897, Page 8

HE WASHINGTON BEE. GRAND HOLIDAY, Se 1902 Penn. &v . -orthweset. EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS. k verything reduced to the lowest eels ee rey On June 24th there will be a general gathering of Shriners and Scotish possible prices. This week a beauti_ Rites in Alexandria There will be a Vf W myth) grand street parade and banquet. ful and strong Dresden corset worth ia You od le Boys in Washington and Philadelphia Will creep over y 4 take notice. 75e for 49 cents Are not a subscriber don’t hi : : ; | On Tuesday, December 21st, Brother me fail to send in your name eatin ye Lott Pa Madison Veile, of Ft. Harrison, Mont., | at once. Only $2 per year a 4 j cursion programs, & member of Military Lodge No. 153, | —— = eS a ee Hithiyete artes aeecars ee in advanc aol cental pee Missouri Jurisdiction, died. The de- | ant ra ss alg ceased was buried by Hiram Abi on if not paid im Lodge No. 3, of Washington, D.C. advance. be printed when in first-class style | Jeruselum Lodge No. 2, F. A A. A. | Y. Rite, of Washington, D C., elected | the following officers for 1898: B. H | Oe in ae an le an le ae ee ee are Loeb & Co.. Ready-to-wear Custom mate Clothing. Still ; Putting it } Harris, W. M.; E. Crusinberry, S. W.; | A. Johnson, J. W.; Rev. Peter Lucas, | Treasury; John H. Minor, Secretary. | Harmony Lodge No. 2, F.and A A. | Y. M., of Michigan, dedicated its ele-| gant new lodge rooms at 64 Canal | street last week. There were one| hundred and fifty Masons and their | families present Brother George | Jacobs presented the lodge room to| the order and Worshipful Master John | A. Bell accepted in the name of the lodge. Brother Joseph N J nkins surrendered the work. Harmony lodge rooms are the most handsomely fitted up of any colored Masonic lodge in the country. The rooms have been renovated at the cost of] $300. Fine carpets covers the floor and elegant paper, decorated with the emblems of the order, embellishes the walls. The following are, the officers: W. M., John A. Bell; S. W , Joseph N. Jenkins; J. W., Harry Brown; Treas- urer, James Mc onnell; Secretary, George Alexande~, Chaplain, Thomas Forbs; S. D., John Moore; J. D., Hen- derson Nelson; Stewards, William Ramsy, Robert Bowman; Tyler, Geo. Davis. On Sunday, December 19th, Inspec- tor Generals, Ike Holland and John T. Bird, and other Nobles of the Quaker City paid a fraternal visit to the Shriners at their "Mosque. The delegation were intertained at the resi- dence of Grand Inspector General E, W. Shields where a Zem-Zem_ had been prepared forthe occasion. After the goat skins had been emptied the Nobies and Princes entered the Mos- que where a reception was held. Oir? Let a day like this be a strong hint to you that you must get that warm Suit—that heavier ‘ 'vercoat. Pneumonia and Consumption will make it no excuse that you “put it off.” It's their oppurtunity, dollars and fifty cents deserve your consideration, but the finer ones at $10 and $12 are marvels of the tailor’s are artistic The regular $10 Business Suits we show give you an appetite for the finer ones, yet they themselves are These splendid Overcoats that we are “booming” at seven uniqne in value. Another splendid and most enticing S10 | value to men is our custom made-to- measure suit at if 200 PER YEAR This the equal of the {Fifteen-Dollar Suits advertised % 5 by the merchant tailors Cloth lining and fit guaranteed by us in every respect. We have to laugh when we hear some of our distinguished brethren talk about bogus and clandestine Mas- ons, The word bogus means swind- lers. The word’ clandestine means fraudulent and deception. Now every one knows that incorporative bodies, working under the law, are not spuri- ous, especially when such bodies bolt from the so-called legtimate (to hear tiiem tell it) who bolted on the jump from the mother grand lodge in 1871. Do not start us please; we are busy filling out our ranks. Our ad- vice to the craftsmen is to go slow on the word bogus, because some one may have trouble. We could tell lots if we were writing a book. ure $ 3.00 4} Loeb & Co. 910 F street, ; © SPECIALS; Overcoats to your ure.. VIL ILS) ‘COURT NEWS. @ Ss @ Cordelia Leftwich, through her at- S/O USO VV OOS /® eRe torney, Perri W Frisby, today filed a suit for divorce from Sidney Leftwich on the grounds of cruelty and ha’itual drunkedness. The parties were mar- ried in Greensboro, N. C., August 23, 1882 and had issue, to wit: Lillian Lettwich, Willie Leftwich and Bettie Leftwich. @ BEE. NOT A LEGAL MARRIAGE. CEREMONY PFRFORMED BY ARMY CHAPLIN DECIDED TO BE INVALID. £O/@/@/2@. Chief Justice Bingham, in Criminal Court, No 1, a few days ago made a ruling uf more than passing interest, when he directed the jury, in the case of Edmund Spiver, colored, charged with bigamy, to return a verdict of not guilty, and discharged the defendant from custody The prosecuting witness was Anna Spiver, an old colored woman. It seems that long before the war, Anna, when a slave, was married to a slave named Mitchell. The latter was sent away with a chain gang, and three weeks later Anna was informed that he had jumped into and was drowned. She was sent to New Orleans, and lived there twelve years. December 28, 1864, she was married by an Army Chaplain 10 Spiver. They came to Washington prior to the close of the war and lived together until last Feb- ruary, accumulating some property. Spiver announced in Febraury that he was not legally married to Anna, nd thereupon married a young girl named Ella Davis. Anna caused his arrest ona warrant for bigamy, and after a hearing in the Police Court, Judge Kimball certified the case to the Grand Jury | The attorneys for the defense, Messrs.Campbell | arrington, Fountain Payton and Perri W. Frisby, claimed that the ceremony performed by the army chaplain did not constitutes a legal marriage under the laws of Lou- Toy, q hina and H ouse—Furnishing isiana j The District attorney held that, under the act of 1866, colored people} |} in the District of Columbia, who at} || the time of their actual emancipation e were living together as husband and wife, were consideded married. The reply to this proposition by the de- a) =~ noe wks the paresitstin that the pro-| |} Augenstein Ss 437 7th street n. W. ~) INADVANCE. - clamation of President Lincoln in 1863 : : > : freed Spiver and Anna at that time, A new and complete line of everything good, just in and therefore, the act of 1866 did not at our usual low cut-prices. apply te them. Chief Justice Bingham, |} = oat es disposed of the matter on the ques- 5e Xmas I ree Ornaments 45e per doz, e tion of the alleged married of the = : Sub i hh iB , remientod bo Pe eg my PE a Handsome presents given to every perchaser of Ly bserib 1B - LNG HI All the testimony presented on that} $1 or more To The Washington Bee Is the leading Rep Birod gba eda cess eel : uc: on to school teachers and Fairs. and read reliable news newspaper of the f tificate, bearing the alleged signature} |] . : | Seiten corecea 7 7 of the chaplain, but showing no sig- Buy here and Save Money. No branch Store, Hag aera ad voices the best advertisi nature of the witnesses. ‘‘Whatever| |] - this country. It is a fear- dium through wh Ee ale al oe a a a te the moral obligations of this defend-| || less advocate of the race. od ant may be, the court said, ‘“‘we can- A. | ( EN S | BEIN’S 437 Tth St. 1. W. - ar the colored f not hold him ona criminal charge, . of th s country. unless the proof meets the legal re- te paes . quirements of the law. The court “We give Trading Stamps | holds that there is a lack of proof of| ee : ln Pa Pn a, legal marriage in Louisiana and under the laws of Louisiana. | : |