The Washington Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1901, Page 1

vtrsaheepsinetinee sonia pects | A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. J FIRESIDE COMPANION. It is true if you see it in THE BEE. IN’T BORROW THIS PAE NORE DOGTORS. HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL EXERCISES. actarland’s Address—Bloqueat Commis- Makes a Timely Speech—Beautiful tions, Music, ete. five happy students of How- ersity were graduated amidst lags, fragrant flowers, tuneful id smiling friends Wednesday First Congregational 1e auditorium was crowd- relatives and associates ot es in medicine, dentistry, y, who were given their | sent out upon their jour- orld with hearty hand- est instructors, ure and several musi- ayer was invoked. , D.D., LL. D.., pres- rsity, then stepped and as the name of was called, presented 1 his or her diploma. ceremony District Com- B. F. Macfarland ad- luates. He said; LAND’s ADDRESS, » be congratulated upon rid with the name ut_ to be 1 an inspi- tands for the twomen who jern time, has ever we hear It iks t ity than this plai land he has lustre than it € e n we here would ly of him tor whom this was n Oliver Otis he knightly ristian sold ht arm in the battle was twice promoted on. These Howards, of no others, have made the ynonymous with humane, hona- high-minded conduct. Those > the name of Howard as grad- of this University have, it seems uliar honor and a peculiar The thought of inhumanity ient creature should be ab every y in any form, under any circum- inces,to man, or beast, or bird, use a Howard graduate to 1. The amelioration of ould be a pleasure as well You men and women who ister to the suffering and the ir life work should be es- er and = sympathetic because you are adoption. Dishon and special, but general, you should avoid deadliest kind, if you e Howards. It is impos a true Howard living mercenary or unprinci- e broadest and deepest fhead and health of 1 mind in the sound or woman living ac aws of God~all this, e¢ name Howard, is nd for and to work to be ministers of he responsibility of and women. Like temple you must whole, be holy, for eness, completeness. iwrit large. May professions and to you bear. ATES IN MEDICINE. es in medicine were as | n Safford Belcher, A. gusta, Ga.; Poneu Bog- surmah; Oswald Bar- 1 Bowser, Richmon |, stus Campbell, D. maica, British West alia Gibbs, Wash- man Garzell Grosby, ames Lee Honeywell, a Miles Berkley nd, Va.; Alexander At \. B. Lincoln, Phar. tk, New York City; Mar- e Murphy, Washington, D. jamin Norman, RKaphael- lad, British West Indies; ibeth Riggs, Calais, Me,; lin Rivers, James Is- lip Alexander Scott, Jabez Nehemiah Soanes, British West Indies; Charles ord, Ill.; Charjes 1 gnor, Phar. D., Howard, = yn, D. C.; Thomas Taylor a \. B., Lincoln, Philadelphia, y Grant Wood, . Clarksville, ‘ollowing were the officers of ‘ss in medieine: M. B. Jones, | cnt; J. N. Soanes, vice president; Murphy, recording secretary; C. » corresponding secretary; ley, treasurer. Poneu Boga- ant at-arms. KADUATES IN DENTISTRY. tesin dentistry: Oliver How- sid, Washington, D. U.; Oliver Arthur, Grenada, B. W. 1; .* 8's Heury Fenderson, Swansboro, \.; Charles Philip Grosby, New x City; lsabella Munger, Wheaton, Ww n Lincoln Munger, Wheaton, Everard Emanuel Penso, Ja- \harles ‘ica, B. W. L; James Benjamin Riley, Howard graduate. | RS : ee WASHINGTON GREAT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. De you want reliable news? Do you want a fearless race advocate? Do you want trade? Read and adeertise — The Bee Tey rr: THE BEE! WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. MAY 11, 190 1. NO. dl. Tallahassee, Fla.; William My ¢ ca railal " a. lia Myers Elowe, A. B. Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pa,; “sg Ernest Smyth, Trinidad, | is dying of Consumption at Sydney. | them tospeak of a smart, industrious | Heis in destitute circumstances and | colored man or woman. BW | has to depend upon the charity of his| The necessity of the timesis a closer Class officers: -L. Ht ee friends for support —Blue Grass Bugle. union between the colored people. | president: EE Peas oe ‘en ass Ky. They maintain too great a distance one |A.E. Smyth, secretary; Wie L Man’| Mrs. Elizabeth Folkity, of :218 M st., | (Ward the other, and as long as this kes |n.w., departed this life Sunday, May spirit continues to hover over them, er, ti | 8 Gna: z erage so Sh. : | there can be no success, for ‘‘in unity ates in pharmacy—Wm,. T. | 5¢% at 3:30 p.m. € was one of the The white people oa ” Blackshear, M. Raa Port | old citizens of the District of Colum- thers is strength. ; 8 | Washington, D. C.; Charles Daniel | highly connected and much thong ht of. things in the same . ht. THE BEE is Ross, Washington, D. C. Carl Wilber- | “Rest in Peace. ite riz yon this i ated Shaffer’ 3 a uite right, not only on this issue of [Montenss Ginkes at Loot ane _ It looks like the disfranchising elec-| ““Megroes as jurors” but its comment | George McDoweil Wright Portsmonth! beg ee ES Pee tage Soe | Va. > >| ane pace wees Root! ahea herm. Night fee whee emely- ee ee Se toe . | Schools have been opened and in a lit- | Mr. > eee we , | oan jes M. Stokes, Presi- | tle while the Meant closet will Ae from the struggling colored people of |D. AES gra te cant secretary; Geo. |able to read and write. Sensible com- | North Carolina, who by their recogni- eat, . bination is the necessity for the negro/| tion and indomitable will-power, sup- | race at this time. ported and fought his case like Tro- eS a : |jJans. What is their reward at the he following committees had charge | The Metropolitan Branch, Baltimore | hands of their esteemed Representa- | of the graduation ceremonies: | Council, met April 25. The Ex-Officer| tive who upon the influence and activi- Executive committee—O. B. H. Bow- Presiding Rev. W. H. Lee opened with | ty of the citizens of that State elected ser, H, G. Wood, T. T. Womack, A. A.| Prayer. Received Elder Rev. N. T.| him and now enjoys his thousands? Kellogg, J. B. N. Raphael-Tom, P. A. | Bell, Ordained Deacon Rev. T. | Scott, H. G. Grosby. | Fendall, Ordained Rev. Dentand Rev. | Carolina is too bad to live inand to the Committee on invitations—O. H, | Wilysol, N. Baltimore, Rev. Dent, Rev. | Nort! | Arnold, Isabella Munger, O. C. Arth-| Primrose. (Rev. N.T. Bell, assigned | future home. ur, Wm. T. Blackshear, M. D., C. W.| to Havedegrass and Elkton, Md ) Rev. Shaffer. | W. H. Lee, Genl. Missionary. Rev. J. Committee of arrangements—A. A. Kellogg, chairman; C. W. Shaffer, sec- | — retary; U'. T. Womack, J. B. N. Raph-| ael-Tom, J. N. Soanes, Wm. M. Slowe, C. P. Grosby, J. B. Riley. | Reception committee—R. L. chairman. J. F. Allen, C. A. Brooks, B. F. White, C. Turner, A. B. Penn,G. | tittens, J. P. Tinnen, W. A. Pethel, | 3. Hailstock, J. T. Harris, R. B.| Stewart. | _ The annual prizes were awarded as! follows: Alumni prize in medicine, Harriet Elizabeth Riggs; alumni prize | in dentistry, Everard Emanuel Penso; ulumni prize in pharmacy, Rufus Mont- | rose Stokes. | COMMITTEE AND PRIZE WINNERS, negro is left to face the music and do the best he can, after the exit of one Jones, | DEFENDS THE NEGRO. The President's Kind Word, McKinley, when introduced, | yovernor Sayers: My llow citi- I thank you for your hearty wel- | I have visited anumber ofthe in- } is of learning provided for| race, notably that great institution ree, in Alabama, another in| , Ga., and recently one in the city of New Orleans, and it has given | ne great satisfaction to observe the} idvancement of your race since the| immortal proclamation of liberty was | nade. The opportunity for learning | is a great privilege. Thep ossession of | learning is aninestimable prize and I} nave been glad to note that you are en- leavoring wherever you live to en- ighten your minds and prepare your- | |selves for the responsibility of citi-| | zenship under this free Government of | yours. SS SS wy SAAS What we want more than auytihg | else, whether we be white or whether | | we be black—what we want is to know | | how to do something well. If you will } | just learn how to do one thing that 1s | useful better than anybody else can do| | that one thing, you will never be out | of a job. And all employment is hon- | | orable employment. The race is mov- | ing onand has a promising future. It| has been faithful to the Government of | the United States. It has been true} | and loyal and patriotic and law~-abid- ing. My Fellow-citizens, always ob- | serve the law. | | ‘In our recent war with Spain your! | race displayed distinguished qualities | of gallantry on more than one field. HON. H. B. F. MACFARLAND. The Distinguished Commissioner who Addressed the Howard Uniyersity ] . Hackins, secretary. The usual rou-| whom the people thought would stand tine followed. Rev. N.T. Bell receiv-| by them in all the obstacles that con- You were in the fight at El Caney and/|d his ministers traveling card. After | front them daily and bea sharer in their | | 5an Juan Hill, the brave black boys | transaction of business etc. the Council | joys as well spree SOR OWS: we i I ssed | closed with prayers. | Aman whothe colored people have helping to emancipate the oppresse Se eee a wi f > leof Cuba, and your race 1s in the | 7 a ae stood by like Congressman hite of Phillipp pm aases | The time has arrived that the co! North Carolina should die with the Phillippines, carrying the flag, and) ored people of this country should people who made him and esteem him they have carried it stainless in its | support the papers. Thereis a great] ¢i))'- honor and in its glory. It is a very) howl and kick, about unjust treatment | great pleasureto me to meet you all. | on the part of the whites. If we study The last word I would leave with you| unification, and support ourselves more is to be true to right, to home, to} there will not be so much cause for the family, to yourselves, to your country, | same, Weare devided and the white and true to God. man who is doing the fighting likes to see it. SOME NOTABLE PRESIDENTIAL TOURS Before and since Andrew Johnson's famous ‘‘swinging around the circle,” |the presidential triphas beena well- established custom. President Wash “WHY LEAVE?" | The latest postal laws are such that newspaper publishers can arrest one | ington inaugurated the original presi | for fraud, who refuses to pay for itun-| gential tour. In his diary he states a | der this law a man who allows his sub- | that he ‘Had conversations with Colo- |. The Washington Bee is right when|scription to run for a long time un {nel Hamilton on the properity of mak- it says that Ex-Congressman White! paid, thenorders it discontinued or |jno a tour eastward toacquire knowl- should not leave his State. If there} orders the Postmaster to mark it re r From the Springfield Ill., S | ever was atime when the negroes of} fused and hav: a postal card sent noti- | toward the government who thought North Carolina need theirstrong men, | tying the publisher, leaves himself lia-| j; 4 good thing and adyised according- the present crisis is a most emphatic] ble to an arrest and fine the same as| ly crisis is a most emphatic occasion. Mr. | for theft. | obi White no doubt has a reason for taking | up his residence outside the scencs of CONGRESSMAN WHITE’S RETURN. | tour of 700 miles. his people’s sig ihe BtnOne ater A {palace car’—he was a splendid be his emotions when in the midst of} . , | horseman—and like the others of the | these things, he should help win back | The Southern Press Agrees With The {party covered the entire distance on | all they and he have lost. As he has| Bee—Negro Jurors Condemned— [jorseback. All were well mounted, | been their leader in the past he should The Situation South. }and the imposing cavalcade greatly be their counselor at the present, and impressed the good people of New | refuse to be driven from his home by | England.—Joe Mitchell Chapple in disfranchisement. The braver negroe The National Magazine” for May. of North Carolina (and of all states} vinced Tue Bae that n | where vicious legislation takes place | extent are failures, | Tefen for that matter) will yet conquer all The presidential, Lear, and fiveservants left New om the Char /est Experienced and ob: | Attendance at the Pan-American Expesition. ries that have sufficient backbone to vote t A great number of them a their _trisis. Will Mr. White help donee less influenced by white men on the j The following statistics of the atten-/ them? Again negro jururs ate opposed to a greatextent | dance on special days at the world’s ed attorneys. More so than white s- ems to be jealousy on the part of the | The negro jurors dislike to see a attorney succeed. It issafer for colored N Columbian Exposition, held in Chi- cago, in 1893, may aid subscribers to sire mashed Oy The National Magazive”’ in estimat- fas cabat atest Pe cae moala | ing the probable attendance at the Buf- Rev. Dr Seaton, D.D., has returned. | oy cose that negro ju _ had some|falo Exposition during the coming He has charge of St. Pauls Church, | manhood, but the experien f The Bas has | year: ; Southwest. j been that» rriel by white meu instead of negro | | May 1, the day of opening, 128, 933; a tiv rth- | jurors.—-The Washington Bee May 30, Decoration Day, 115, 578; June One of the most destructive ea 7 is heartrendering, but \8, reception of the Infanta Eulalia, quakes in the world’s history occuredat| The above is heartre D. c., | 135.281; June 15, Germania Day, 165,- feddy, in 1703 when 190,000 people | nevertheless true Washington, D.\’., Z 2 BEHIND THE SCENE. i i - | 0693 J 7,M . were killed. | is not the only city that is bull-headed y; June 17, Massachusetts Day, 14! in | 994; July 4, United States Day, 285,273; : jons,. but }ensuch important questions, July 20, Sweden Day, 129,873; October i > other cities like Charleston and Colum- y 2¢ 1 paper entitled the Blood Red Record. |), the situation is even worse, for ne, mare Day, 716,881. | Weare satisfied that the work pre-| -/, iawyers they would perish and die| estimator should study the cen-| | sented is O. K. \if their support depended upon the } tre bs ‘populations in Lapa ere Himrod Russell (colored) died a few | patronage of the colored people in the) as we res ec pincer u = popu a-| | d aa oat ee Ky., at the age | criminal courts. The same state exists | U9n, an @ probability of a large at- \onee. He wasa veteran of the civil | in - on iorrml cet ees Oe Eee i kind ef business “ ¢ : | praia war McKiobey orders. thet, spo | {2 tonne Waren mae anew aah IE Sto nt 25° | his own race. 1 | prisoners at Alcatraz, Cal., belonging | (5 the white man is jealous of the to volunteer regiments be released. negro’s progress in business. The re- | Sentenced for minor offenses, in order spectable white man everywhere ik es ee go home with their regiments. to see the colored le succeeding Peter Jackson the noted prize fighter jin their avocations. Itis a pleasure to Our friend “Bruce Grit,’’ has issued a and Canada may be expected on July Fourth than at Chicago. School vaca- tions will release a large number of peo- ple who live closer to Buffalo than to Caicago, and who are more likely to visit Buffalo than they were to make H. | They have been told by him that North | , the iand of freedom, will be his Still the poor struggling | jedgeof the temper of the inhabitants | Secretary | | York on October 15 for their thirty days | Washington had no} tendance from a comparatively short | summer resorts east of the Ohio River. distance. Thus a much larger atten- | Special excursion tickets to Buffalo dance from New England, New York| | the longer trip to the greater city. | There is a great chance for the scien. | tific estimator who does not depend | (AMES . GREGORY | wholly on chance in competing for! | these prizes. Indeed, guessing, in its | Yankee sense, has never been a matter | 0° chance.—‘‘The National Magazine” | for May. LBADERS? From the Omaha Progress | SSThe colored leaders of the United States met jin Washingtrn, D. C,, and di Congressman White should be cur leader, assist- ed by Booker T. Washington, and T. Thomas | Fortune. | Will'the Omaha Nebraska Progress | please state when such a meeting as the | above took place? The negroes are notin need of leaders at this time. | What they want is good sound advice, | how to work and accumulate money | and education. | FOREIGN TRADE INTERESTS. The large knitting works of Saxony supply the, Syrian hosiery trade. Russia and the United States are the two countries from which Ger- many draws her main supplies of breadstuffs. Last year’s production of calcium carbide in Germany was estimated at 20,000 metric tons, equivalent to 9,500,- 000 gallons of petroleum. According to a German trade jour | nal, large quantities of carpets are imported into Turkey. Great Britair supplies by far the greater part of the rpe including the so-called s carpets and small foot rugs iture is, as a rule, fair appearance, but ex- Many of the earving and otherwise , mantels, chairs nsive. ted in the United States by re there worked out by machin hand z eatly increased cost. | Since the West Indi were | lost the production of beet sugar in pain has almost monopolized the at ion of Spanish agriculturists e capital has been subscribed for the purpose coloni of cultivating beets on ar exteasive mills thre le and of erecting sugar nout the country. In central Asia, woolen shawls ot turopean manufacture find a ready ale. The trade in merino shawls in | Tibet bids fair to develop into a profit- | able business. The shawls come from | France and Germany, and being very | cheap are readily sold. They even seer: | THE WASHINGTON, Bek WASHINGTON, to be supplanting the better, but | much dearer, “pashminas,” or cash- | mere shawls. CONCERNS OF VARIOUS STATES | The taxable property of negroes in Georgia was valued last year at $14,- 000,000, an increase of $399,000 in a year. The Missouri penitentiary, which has 5,000 well-selected books, is supposed |to have the largest and best prison li. | brary in the country, An Arkansas bill prohibiting ferries from being operated within one mile jot each other was unanimously killed by the senate on the ground that “it j would legislate a widow out of busi- | ness.” | While the population of Maine in- ereased during the past decade only from 661,086 to 694,466, or but about five per cent., the cost of the state govern- ment has nearly doubled during last sight years. ARTISTC PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD | | Guide to Wahington. The Passenger Department of the | Baltimore & Ohio R. R. have issued a Guide to Washington, which in many respects excels all other guides | published, both in artistic appearance and careful discription of points of int terest in the Capital City. The fron | cover of the book is embellished with a handsome steel engraved portrait of the tuart’’ Washiagton, verse cover bears an American flag in the grasp ofaneagle. The inside pages | contain recent photographs of all of | the Government Buildings with cor, rect imformation concerning them | together with other interesting features | of the city, and the very latest map. Copies will be sold at the principal | Tickets Offices of the Baltimore & | Ohio R. R. for ten (10) cents cash, or | will be mailed to any address on re | ceipt of fifteen (15) cents in stamps on| application to the undersigned. “REASONS WHY"”’ ‘Reasons Why”’ is a forty-two page} pamphlet giving in condensed form |the important facts concerning the | Baltimore & Ohio R. R. It is an argument setting forth the claims of/ the railroad for public consideration, This artistic booklet contains many | half-tones and drawings illustrating the history, scenic charms, the de- velopment and progress of the rail road, and the superior service afforded to patrons. Single copies can be ote tained of Tickets Agents, or will be} mailed to any address on receipt of two (2) cents in postage stamps on| application to the undersigned. j D. B. MARTIN, Manager Passenger Traffic, | Baltimore & Ohio R. R, | Baltimore, Md. | | SUMMER TOURS VIA BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. | Tickets now onsale to all principal account Pan American Exposition, and to Niagara Falls now on sale. For \further information apply to offices Nos. 707 15th street, 619 Pa. Pa. Ave., and Depot, N. J. ave. & C street, re garding time of trai s, routes and rates. M. 4-4t. ided that Ex-} Captain ef Ball Team, From the Trenton, N. J., Daily State Gazette. ames F. Gregory, of Bordentown, | i fi the Yal will graduate in June from Yale Theological Siminary. The latest issue of the Yale News contains an account of his having won the first prize of fsa in the Downes prize contests. STOOD HIGH IN CLASS, | The graduate is the son of Professor | James M. Gregory, of Bordentown, | He graduated from Amherst College June 29, 1898. He was the only Afro= American student in a class of ninety | members, was class orator also chosen as one of the eight from the whole | class to compete for the Hardy prize in debate. He was captain of the | Varsity’ baseball team for 98, and | was the first Afro- American to be elect- | ed as captain ofa basebail team in any of the Eastern colleges. In his sopho- | more year he won the Kellogg oratori- | cal prize of $50, and in his junior year ' won the Ladd and th: Hogan cratori- cal prizes. This is a remakable career for any | young man, and he has every reason to be proud of it. FINE BALL PLAYER. | The Springfield (Mass.) Republican said: “James F. Gregory, ’98, of Borden- town, N. J., captain of the Amherst baseball team, has played regularly for two years. He made a splendid record on his class team in freshman year. Sophomore year he played sub- | stitute short step and regular Hy Id. | field. Last year he played center fie He is undoubtedly one of the finest fielders Amherst has ever had. A very strong and accurate thrower, he seldom fails to shut his man out at the plate. He is also a good batter.” HELP THE SUFFERING. | AN APPEAL TO THE COLORED PEOPLE JACKSONVILLE, FLa., May 8, 190%, Mr. W.CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR OF D. C. | Dear Sir: | Nearly all of Jacksonville property | was destroyed by fire on May 3rd, and | there are 10,000 people who are home~ jless and in destitute circumstances, | having lost everything but ile clothes jon their backs. On Saturday, May 4th | the City Council and Board of Trade held a joint meeting and formed what is known as the Jacksonville Relief | Association at which meeting about 42,000 was siibscribed for the im: |mediate relief of the sufferers. An | Executive Committee of fifteen was appointed; and this Committee re- | quested that the Colored citizens hold | a mass meeting and select an Auxiliary Committee to be knownas the Jackson- ville Auxiliary Relief Committee to | work in conjunction with them. On | Monday, May 6th a mass meeting of Afro-Americans was held at St. Paul jA. M. E. Churchand your humble | servant was selected temporary Chair- |man. I then appointed a Committee to recommend officers for permanent organization. Said Commtttee made \their report which was adopted, and {the following gentlemen were chosen as officers fora permanent organiza- tion: J. H. Blodgett, Pres., }, Douglas Wetmore, Esq., and Rev. James John- Son, Treas. Then the mass meeting | selected the following gentlemen to act as the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Afro-American Relief | Associatiou. and this Committee is now knownas the Auxiliary Relief |Committee, and has charge of all | matters pertaining to the relief of Afro- Americans: J. Duuglas Wetmore, Esq., Uhe re |Chr., E. J. Cregg, E. D., Sec., Martin | Furgerson, W. H Alexander and J. H. Dickerson. Said Committee has Head-quarters at 734 West Adams St., and is doing all in their power to re- lieve suffering Afro-Americans in this city. At the request of the White Com- mittee lam sending lettersto proms | inent Afro-Americans throughout the country, requesting them to send sub- scriptions to assist our people who are in distress. The Whites are very gen- erously doing all they can to assist our people, and we are very anxious that Afro-Americans inall’ parts of the United States do all in their power toas- sist us. Words cannot describe the con- dition of our people here. I have three clerks employed at my Head-quarters, and will acknowledge receipt of all contributions by return mail. If you can do anything to help us or get any of your friends to contribute to the re- lief of our people please do so. Ad- dress all communications to J. Duglas Wetmore, Chairman of the Auxiliary Committee for the relief of Colored suffers. P. S. If you will kindly open a Subscription list in your valuable paper I shall be very grateful, Persons who will subscribe to this fund will please send it to Mr. D. g. McCary cashier of the Capital Saving Bank 609 F street northwest, who will ac | knowledge the same through Tue Bex and he wili torward it to the Jackson- ville Committee.— he Editor. | B. &O. WEEK END COUNTRY TRIPS, Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays, for return until following Monday at reduced rates, from Washington to Charlestown, Fuiederick, Annapolis lumction and intermediate points.— Mz. 4-A. 31. | GRADUATES AT YALE UNIVERSITY: Passed With Credit Through the Theologica Schevl After a Course at Amberst—Wag ee man en Na