The Washington Bee Newspaper, June 8, 1901, Page 1

THE BEE. PER FOR THE PEOPLE. | wer BORROW THIS PAPER S > VOL. 20. GRERY ADVERTISING MEDIUM. he Bee a: ee WASHINGTON, D. C.,. SATURDAY JUNE , 1901. eMMENGEMENT AT NORMAL DUATING EXERCISES OF LIT- ERAY STUDENTS. | GRA | 4s’ Address—He Advises the Negro nain inthe South. Cultivate Industry jimself and be a Good and Peacable ury News. at Normal Tuesday, eat success although were ag ei pntinued cold and rainy. s continued large and inter- graduating exercises in vere of ahigh order. jheis ch | fore ajury, if not his peers, citizens of his state. | his behalf. of factory operatives in the North and | Schools recently asked the small boys in Europe demand his own best interest by staying. Butall mustunite that he! may be accorded fair play. Fair play| in the courts, fair play in business and an eq chance in the race of life. If} arged with crime, try him be- that he stay, and| will be conserved | He is never seen on the | bench, hardly ever seen onthe jury, and scarcely ever exercises much in fluence at the bar, sothere is no dan- ger of sympathy over doing its part in If the courts thus consti- | tuted cannot be trusted by those who constitute them, then who can trust them? | “Three things, I am satisfied will | constitute a complete answer. They | are, ‘Industry, Education and Charac- ter.’ Industrious to get homes and| property; education that we may un- | derstand the affairs of our conntry—our | who compose: her class, What Lot’s wife did before she turned into a pillar of salt? She was almost brokeu up, when a little urchin in the rear shout- ed, she turned to rubber. Snow has visited unusual places this season. It has fallen in Mexico City, the first time in thirty years. Ia Madrid where it has not been seen for eight years. In.Jerusalem snow fell to the depth oftwelve inches. The color question is again cutting a prominent figure in one of the most} aristocratic Organizations of the Country. The Daughters of the Rev- olution will have this question to con- front at their next Annual meeting. A great record in Gunnery has been made by the Crewofthe new Battle- ship, Wisconsin. In target practice from the great 13 inch guns, 137 men obligations to it and society and | Proved to be first class marksmen and cial once said that a negro stranger in Washington, with a million dollars in gold certificates in his pocket, might starve to death, and not a single hotel or restaurant would open its doors to him. And this istrue toa very great extent. There is no cityim the Union where the negro is socially ostracised more than in the National Capital. | Civil Rights law, that has ever been decided by a Washington court in favor of the negro, though several have been tried there. It may besaid, however, that there is one paper in Washington —the Bee—that has stood up against this disfranchisement and discrimin: tion. And we wart to commend its editor, W. Calvin Chase, who has made this fight alone and unsupported for so many years. The truth of the whole business is, the negroes are attracted to Washing- ton by the glamour of politics. Like And then the courts—the Journal man | cannot point toa single case, under the} authorize restrictions against colored ern States as to residence and means of transportation. There is no dis- crimination against them in Washing- ten courts, etc. The national Government does not “authorize” restrictions against Ne- groes, no. But disfranchises_ black and white alike. As to discrimination against them, a prominent colored offi- order is proud of is that they never have any splits in its ranks. The 25th Chapter O. E. 8. of Baltimore was celebrated in grand style the rgth and 2oth of May. Bishop Handy preached the Order. There were prominent masons present, among them was the Ill. T. A. Jackson 33-96. Past Grand Patron and Organizer who made a very able speech touching upon the people such as prevail ia mest South- anniversary of Electa] averyable sermon to the members of THE NEGRO PROBLEM, MR. LIVINGSTO'; OPPOSED TQ DISFRANGHISEMENT, Georgia Satisfied with its Way—Apprehendg, Reduction of Representation by Congress Recent Insular ‘Divisions. ee | {Prom The Star. Representative Livingston of Geor. gia is here attending the presng oF the industrial commission. Mz. Live ingstone was taken ill a week after the adjournment of Congress, siffering an attack of pneumonia. After res maining inthis city a short time he formation of the Order. The adop- . : “1 went to a sanitarium in Atlanta, and tive rite was invented for the use of 156 second class, out of = p pace ays Fy given toeighteen young character, that we may stand before! !5 out ofa crew of 444. the negro in Hoyt’s Texas Steer they | Fadies. from there tohis plantation in Georgia, rnoon fifty six were grad- cooking, sick nursing, | our fellow men without fear and} trembling.” | Quite a crowd came up from Decatur on the six o’clock train to hear the! speech of Register Lyons. BEHIND THE SCENE. | | There are 120 different languages in | | | | The earliest mention of shoes is in} Country was by Eli Terry, of Plymouth, Conn., in 1793- | | Tokio, will be finished. | Bresci, the assassinof the ‘late King | | Humbert, has committed suicide at} Gov. Allen D. Candler, of Ga., says that there are too many schools for Negroes. He contends that they startout as ‘Minister to Dahomey,” back alley, and eke out a bare living and wind up with a residence in some | The Order made its appear- ance in France in 1730. It was sanc- | tioned by the administrative authority in 1774 at which time the Grand Orient of France established a new system calling it the rite ofadoption. It was placed under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of France. One of the Rules are that no man can attend their Daughters of the Consistory, ON RAILS OF STEEL. for the Royal Arch, the Court of Cy- These all come under the head of the Adop- Only India and Germany earn over from which he lately came here. Mr. Livingston was seen bya Star reporter to-day. He is not in favor of any constitutional amendment for his state in line with amendments on the suffrage question which have been adopted by Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina. Be sees danger in such amendments, which he | -hilippines meetings except Freemasons. fll.) thinks may in the future result in the red mbppines. 4 Jackson received his authority to con- | cuttin pt dase of the congressional * 4 : A California fruit canner ships fer the Degrees from the late Ill. Robt representation of states adopting 50,000,000 Cans a year. Macoy 33. Supreme Patron and Or- them | i i p. ane a The King of Siam in his state attire | ieee re nga ar aioe col POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN REPRESENTA~ wears jewels to the value at Ft/000,000. | ative to the adoptive Rite there are TIONs ag In Turkey when the present Sultan} branches for each department of Ma-| “ [ think our people are agains plays Chess, even business of State] sonry. The O. E. S. for the Blue|such amendments to our state con” must wait, | Department. The heroiness of Jerico| stitution,” he said. ‘‘ Weare getting along nicely with the negro in Geor- Laie nem , réne for the K.T. For the higher de-| gia. The states which adopt the a ype papyrus, about 2200 years grees. The Sphynx, the Pyramids,|amendments aiready adopted b: before Christ. | and the Daughters of Isis. There is| Louisiana, Mississipi, North an The first clock manufactured in this | also an organization known as the}South Carolina may see the time when Congress will take the matter up with a view to affecting their rep- : tive Rite. resentation in Congress. As long as It will be ten years before the new a Georgia is doing well we do not care |palace forthe Emperor of Japan, at to run ariskof having our representa tion cut down in the United States Congress and the electoral college. It was opposed to giving the reputlicans the advantages we gave them at the Hon. Judson W. Loyns. | the Penitentiary at Santo Stefano. | five per cent. on their railway lines. i . 5 4 their. member. tes ews : ¥ "s average is 31/ ast session increasing - - | Lieut. Comdr. R. P. Hobson has erly apie let) «5 - #% per onnt, ship in the House. We gave them an sewing, agriculture, carpentry, print-|charge of the Naval exhibit at the _ lt was held recently in a London po-| increase of nine members when there ing, laundering, painting, blacksmith-| Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, | lice court that no one has any right| was no necessity for it, but we had ing and shoe making ae | to force his way into a railway car-| democrats who were so anxious to get Dr, Ww. R dope 4, fesiden’ of the | on. tick which eho late Queen riage already full. their own repfesentation arenes Penny Savings ank, Birmingham, | \ji-toria used when walking belonged Germany led Europe in length of | that they were willing to letthem do made a most telling speech on Indus trial Education. He showed that the negroe’s salvation lies in his educating the hand. He told them to be indus- trions, saving, polite, honest and make friends of their neighbors. Mr. Pettibone, ex-member of Con- gress from Brownlow’s old district in Tennessee, was present and delivered E si - - cars iven Se Aka Tick Ainlsts | poetic tepocasol the ciuili Wat. =xposition dedicated with omp. given by the New York Athletic | op’ : dey an inspiring eloquent and thoughtful Vice President Rocsevelt oe sti club to P. R. Todd, recently elected to | these reasons I do not think it is best address to the great audience of} ceremonies. a vice presidency of the New York, | for the southern states to adopt such roes. He advised them tobe in- constitutional amendments. | think saa lawabiding and ious, pe ul weather to hear this to her ancestor King Charles the Second, Honolulu is keeping up with the trade procession of the day. It is to have a $2,000,000 Packing House established. Buffalo Fair opened. Pan-American | 1903—St. Louis expects to have aj big Exposition, that will beat all orders for a long list of newspapers to opened that year. Russia came next in the year. New Haven & Hartford railroad. railroads at the end of 1899, with 34,- 069 miles, of which 600 miles were with 28,745 miles, an increase of 2,164 A new idea in table decorations was evolved by Charles De Cordova in a din- In the center of the table was a large bank as they wanted. “The House was large enough, Now, if they conclude their margin is >! not sufficient, and claim their right to increase it by reducing the represen- tation of such states as Louisian, Mis« sissippi, North and South Carolina, it would bring turmoil and strife ee ° the Georgia election law remedies the whole trouble complained of in the The principal orator of the com-| creation. St. Loujs wants to outdo the MAJOR RICHARD SYLVESTER. of roses, around the edge of which|south. Any man cau vote in Georgi ight toa fine audience who braved Emperor William recently gave} Association. and passenger coach, operated by| have only a poll tax to pay of $1, and after he has done so for twenty years the ent oe heen = aie - - electricity, whirled about the table at . 3 be laid before him instead of clippings y A j sting d negro. He was iniro- é “ mi ur. he can vote any time by paying itup. diuced by H. V. Cashin, Receiver U_ | a8 here-to-fore. | should be taught farming and mechan-| emptying waste baskets or cleaning | * *P¢ed of about 50 miles an hour. But hundreds and hundreds of them 5 1 Office, in a very eloquent and lspeech. Register Lyons made verful address which was constant, ly interrupted by great applause. other things he said: Recister Lyons’ ADDRESs. In casting about for some apppro- ct upon which to speak to - thought like Banquo’s Ghost, y forceditself to the front. down, and whatever else I ht about as pertinent, proper this idea would recur, her constrained to think ne that I should heed e ssible but active mentor ake for my theme ‘Hope’ and there nstances in the history of priate su Harpers Ferry was named Robt. Harper, an Architect and Mill | calls Dr, Parkhurst and others cranks, builder, born in 1703, in Oxford, England. An organization has been formed by the town of| jer T. Washington. He says that | Washington is a man of brai but he is obliged to do justice to Book- | s and is | Ms : | doing agood work. Inspite of Gov. | the merchants of San Francisco, Cal., |Candier and such men like him, the bencyrit Piuese cages Ge this paces unions ifnecessary. cently prayed for those of his congre | and too lazy to stand. Illinois’ former Gov., John R. Tan |ner, died May 23 of Rheumatismfof th j heart. The deceased was a prominen' political figure of the West. | New York is building a State Hos A leading Cincinnati minister re- |gation who were too proudto kneel shall have been fultilled—The Provi- denee Watchman, May 2sth rgo1. e t | From the San Francisco Chronicle. Atlanta (Ga.), May 30.—Govenor Candler reviewed a company of negro {troops on the Capitol grounds here Georgia's Govenor Gives Cheer to Negro Troops. | after |ical occupations. Gov. Candler then| spittoons. SECRET ORDERs., The order of K. T. was to prevent strikes, and to oppose labor | Negro Race will continue to make | over 10,000 Sir Knights, | progress, until the Scripture that says | Ethiophia shall stretch forth her hands | Col. A. D. Williams 33 representative of the United Supreme Council 33 for southern and western jurisdiction of Monrovia, Liberia, visited this coun- jtrylast month. He was cordially re- ceived by President McKinley, While in San Francisco the Presi- | dent wasa guest of the Knights, Tem’ | plars over sooo were out in full uniform a fine silk American flag was present- instituted BY THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD Guide te Wahington. ARTISTC PUBLICATIONS ISSUED The Passenger Department of the prefer to take care ofthe dollar to voting. We have no educational yiaittiention! The number of negroes in our state is not so large as it was formerly. Very many of them are moving away where agricultural con- ditions are better than they are in Baltimore & Ohio R. R. have issued a Guide to Washington, which in published, both in artistic appearance terest in the Capital City. The fron cover of the book is embellished with a the ‘“‘Stuart’’ Washington. The re’ verse cover bears an American flag in the grasp ofaneagle. The inside pages contain recent photographs of all of the Government Buildings with cor- many respects excels all other guides and careful discription of points of int handsome steel engraved portrait of Georgia. The colored people in the state are now in the proportion of four to six.’” SUPREME COURT INSULAR DECISIONS, Mr. Livingston does not think the United Sates Supreme Uourt decig ions in the insular cases have settled anything in relation to the constitu. tional question of the status of terri. tories or other possessions of the United States. He thinks the decis. ions have left the whole matter open try that will rather | pj in the Adirondacks to cost : wares ed to the President by the Sir Knights. ove n i — : . ee parent midnight | seat vhe ‘oadents with incipient | '-d2¥, following the inspection by an ‘rhe ceremonies were held at Mechan _| rect imformation concerning them. | for discussion in Congress and on the , iat vel nclesoienantotcetc é P unusual address. . avi i her with other i sting fe stump. But above all, he thought ss le ption will be treated * {ics. pavilion over 12000 persons were | ogether with other interesting features _ oe 5 » by nature, and be- csp cet haspaeary He said inpart: Iam proud to say present. of the city, and the very latest map. | these decisions were in line with what : a t fe sunshing and| .Muthall, the statistician, states that |that I can call upon you in time of in Copies will be sold at the principal|he regards as a general tendency to tae = t of beh Iding the | 98° of 1000 firms conducting success- | vasion or trouble, and { know thatyou| Ascension day was celebrated by! Tickets Offices of the Baltimore &| place less weight on the Constitution dack OT ee g the | fal business in this Country owe there | would respond as quickly and with the ) Cyrene commanding no 3 K. T. of To-| Ohio R. R. for ten (10) cents cash, or | a3 a guide tothe nation, | like todo this |! y | a 5 eo sie 7 : z fp i hee te bana |success more to honesty than to) same spirit as the white troops. Th Kas owing to threatening | will be mailed to any address on re : Itseems to methe force of the con- can : — Sola ea anc’| energy. |significance of this day (Nationa er, the Sir Knights assembled | cejpt of fifteen (15) cents in stamps on|Stitution is becoming less and less 7 ee . 9 6 ota Memorial day) should not beforgotte {at the Asylum were the services were | application to the undersigned. every day. It issoin Congress and a ople who would suc-| Forty-two diplomas afi ss from | itis notsuch a day as hasbeen taught | held. In the evening at the Metro- “REASONS WHY’? with the executive departments. Tim, else si who sence Bones demic, and sieht ciao Sirs “erie you byscheming politicans, but for the | politan Hall an interesting program) ‘Reasons Why’’ is a forty-two page | Campbell’s proposition was merely an yaa OL RnS pees ae Industrial _— omen spe . 3 id. rememberance ofthe heroes whoj|was rendered, followed by an exhi- pamphlet giving in condensed form outburst of his feelings when he t = } the Tuskegee Institute. ee of | fought for the cause theythought was | bition drill for which the commandery | the important facts concerning the | wanted to know ‘What's the Constitu- ra > when it seems that] ings are being. created REA) Wort ty | right. In the early days, when your|is noted. Good crowd present. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. It is an| tion between friends ?’ but there is too 3 1 ition is lukewarm, | $31,000. Electric lights have recently |i.¢ne and minehad to be defended] ,. ‘Fes i A ue sin teeth th lai ¢{much of that feeling. This tendency a | A | The Sir Knights of Detroit, Michi-|@’g4ument setting forth the claims o a C ou hts which we have | been introduced. | from the invader, we depended on our) 9 org pprdig Se wae Ag nl"! the railroad for public consideration. | is, ifthe Constitution stands in the , ; ‘generation are being} ne big war-ship, Ohio, was launch. | citizen soldiers, such as youare. It is & : - onclare,| ris artistic booklet contains many | way of something it is desired to do, tioned and politically g man who starts a of study in an insti- and would like to a rings, what use is it we expect to accomplish sofstudy,and ifthe dark on and biding him to racter, the two insepere sus to every man who s way to fame and useful- r any other country. give you some statistics the colored man’s part in ry of the lateslave states, v a silvery lining anywhere, | cheerful and faint mot in} knowledge and his con-} ed atSan Franciso recently, the Eresident attended the ceremonies. Miss Barber, a néice of the President, released the big hull. Over 50,000 people were present. Li Hung Chang is very ill and he may not live to see peace in China. The | probability is that . death, Minister Wu, now at Washing- ton, may succeed him. £ The board of Ordinance has adopted | a new magazine pistol which fires 116 | shots per minute as against 40 fired by jthe best Colts revolver, which has | been up to the present time the stan- | dard weapon of the Army. in event of his} }not the regular army thatis to be de }pended upon. It is such soldiers as you. | The address made a profound im- | pression on the negroes, and is being favorably discussed by other menibers | of thier race here to-night. Washington Negro Population. | From the Indianapolis World. | The Chicago Journal has a corres- pondent in Washington, D. C., that is like Artemus Ward’s Kangaroo: “He is sitch an amusin’ little cuss.” Writ- ling of the large Negro population of | July 22, July 23. | will take place in the afternoon. The | visiting fraters will attend divine ser- at St. Matthews Church, Rev. J. 8. Massiah Pastor will deliver the vice sermon. He will be a: Dr. Waller. Grand sted by Rev. relate of devoted to s ght-seeing etc. 3617 G. U. O. of O. F. of Homestead, the order in America Sunday the 26th by attending seryice at the Tenth | Avenue A. M. E. Church. Rt. Rev. | Benjamin Arnett Bishop and senior Phila- The Grand Parade the | Grand ‘ ommandery of K. T. of the D. C. The balance of the time will be The members of Progress Lodge Pa. celebrated the 58th anniversary of 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 obs 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. D. B. MARTIN, Manager Passenger Traffic, Baltimore & Ohio R. R, Baltimore, Md. SUMMER TOURS VIA BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. to just legislate it out of theway. In other words, the reverence our fathers had for the Constitution seems to be growing less and less every day.”’ The Roman roads, according to their importance, were from eight to thirty feet in width. Florida will continue for four years at least to lease its convicts to the highest bidders. The price paid for hemp in Yucatan has brought great prosperity to the people of that land. A bill which has just become 5 law | ‘ age ber of the order of West 7 . inci z hen let t yho say zie’s i 5 1.|Washington he accounts for it like|™6™>' : Tickets now onsale to all principal} of New York makes the funeralex« i be without him, with his | (pounds), or $10,000,000 of ourmoney,| It is the winter quarters many thous- ship efter which the order of exercises Special excursion tickets to Buffalo} trom his estate before any othe 3 mussel and his peaceable|to four Universities in Scotland, for | and negroes whoat the beginning of are Sacded oars account Pon Seatioen eens, and pics \ e565 n, his abhorence to strikes, | free education of Scotch boys. spring begin their ge Nort ain clos al aca -s ict i eeemation apply to offices| Argentine republic is preparing td his dislike of all manner of organized | oe set | Watering places and to Virginia and| Over 58 years ago the G. U. o .| further in’ Pas gb vite rig Sa A EE Ba wwlessness, and his thorough Amer-| Emperor William has given strict | \raryland summer resorts. The cost|was established in this country, dur-| Nos. 707 1sth street, 619 Pa. Pa. Ave., a comp ays. Let those who say he shall | Orders to exclude all newspaper Re-| orjiying for colored people in Wash-| ing which time the order has expended | and Depot, N. J. Ave. & C street, re national rifle match in New Jersey 80 and leave the land which he has| Porters from all publicand semi-public | j, ston is not high. . over $10,000,000 for charitable pur-| garding time of trains, routes and) next scmmer. a toiled, bled and died, answer what | functions, where the Emperor intends | Wei], now the editor of The World | poses. To-day there are sooo branches | rates. M. 4-4t. The Evanston (Ill) Golfclubhasthe Ww this beautiful land do without | tospeak.—(The Chronicle—Jersey City, | jived for a while in Washington, and | with a membership of 200,000. Since} championship hole of the Unite€ 4 i I will not discuss the rather self-| N-J-. May 24th 1901.) the conclusion he reached with regard | 1843 the order has been extended in| p» ¢ 9 WEEK END COUNTRY | States. It is 580 yards from the teq 'sh side of what goodit will beto him} King Edward of England had a/|to the large negro population and cost | every state and territory, also Canada, ae It will be hard to make with a dri by staying where he willstay, but}narrow escape from death the other of living wasthat there was a large Central and South America, West In-| TRIPS. and s putt. harm, what irreparable harm will) day. He was aboard the Yacht | contingent there because they were dies, Africa and Philippine. During Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays Afi ison of ie , ¢o ; ; Is ck | zt t ay—the walking|the past 12 months the order has fur- P Fs ine specimen of the perioghthak me to itshould their crusade suc-|Shamrock 11, when a squall struck|too poor to get away pe “ b for return until following Monday, at) ..,, ¢, of fish that is ceed, her, for a while they thought she/ around Washington is not good—and| nished relief to over 12,000 membeIs-| -eauced rates, from Washington to ‘amily, a species at ig would sink, but she righted herself] that they were kept poor by the high|Paid out for sick and funerals over| Charlestown, Frederick, Annapolis] *@PPosed to be confined strictly ta Must R&MAIN IN THE SOUTH. “The nterests of the South demand that the negro stay here, The millions {and made her escape. | A teacher in one of theCity Sunday cost of living. Then the Journal man goes on: The national Government does not $200,000. 442 new branches have been added to our ranks, another thing the unction and intermediate points.— «4A. 35. Afrias ters, Was recen' bear Feruandiga Bln st ae ee ‘Ls ecb ahaa atten tthe