The Washington Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1901, Page 1

[A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. A FIRESIDE COMPANION. It is true if you see it in THE BEE. | = eae VOL. 20. tA remeron { )PEFEATED BY it rs jard-Hear* | s Charms, otee Capit- | A Pra SHIN GRERP ADVERTISING MEDIUM. fearless race De ye want colored trade? THE BEEt whe Bee a as news? Do you want a 10n » and i n mals with most speed and ntemeee! oe of oil, but few who saw apprecie ante- vegetari- | | | —the horse, the reindeer, the | lope and others—are also | j Ancestry of the Ostrich, | The ostrich is a descendant of a genus of bird storic | which in pr .an Who Wanted Anti- | times attained an enormous siz In} Pledges from Young | the alluvial deposits of Mads sear en Causes Some Exeite- evidence has recently been nd to} nent Among Students. | Show that ostriches 14 and 15 t in height once lived on the island. FI | xcitement in one of Se ast week NO REST FOR THE NEGRO | of ome | lates, | = s the New York Sun,| Three Hundred Negroes Driven Back. e brighte oung ) ~ i : : “4 . ae | Chicago, July 25.—General Manager . was enter |Aertsen, of the Latrobe Steel and \ & unpieasuntiycon- | Coupler Works, at Melrose Park, gave | sommencement time comply with co rustee sought to i ted a we 10ownh € al New York in paid to teachers nut desirable, and he a é ing the best Be- w- ant t the young themseives to re- ) years, y ask ignation dejpart- lucive te d as he place, kness or perhap i earn ~~ HAD A SWEBTHEART. to threat- sung Woman who Ss a sweetheart,” he vas an embarrassing moment rad When he finished h best-looking young the o sion. t I plead guilty to having a | » You may count me out.” hers explained elaborately they did not wish to marry, | long time, they did themsel es with a nat nature. hey com- twas a restriction on iberty much he -tfally declined the of- the was After d_ diseus- trustee while young the corridors, interview th. ss applied in a body places stating that irtment re plain and unattr, 1 that the complet m rendered any one iber immune to the fasei- eligible young men, and 1 pledge of the nature asked un- tru tee, im no envi- ind, made his escape, prin the day and ap- efore the a embled cl s to aw his stipulation. He was ap- to the echo, and the vacancies | ! were filled without fur- culties. most popular girl in the institu- ™ well as the class, was one of nd itis the announcement ment and approaching that caused the ripple of ex- t and amusement in that nor- ol last week, for she is to Ty—that trustee! ff sen, Newetable Food Gives Stre \. The strongest animals exist entire- _” OF vegetable food. It is the féroci- ‘ of the lion rather than _ his ue that makes him formidable. 4 elephant is a mateh for several e | no mistakes thus far in tions of his cases and the drawing up} < THE ernation gave way to | out a statement this evening, declar-| jing that the company had abandoned | the effort to bring colored laborers to} | Melrose Perk, and that they will be} sent back to their homes in Alabama. } All Gay the 300 colored men sat in| their cars at Lagrange, twenty-eight | }miles from Chicago, in fear. A com- | mittee of five citizens of Melrose Park }called on them during the morning | jand urged the men to return to their jhomes in Alabama. They informed he negroes of the actual state of affairs in Melrose Park, where 300 armed men were awailing the arrival of their train, determined that they shoud not be allowed to alight in the village. Their statements alarmed the imported men mote than ever, and | finally five of them stepped off the| train and made their way into Chicago, | where they sought an interview with | Chief of Police O'Neil, asking protec- tion, which he could not give, as the | trouble was not within the city limits After the five men had left the train to come to Chicago, the fears of those left on the train increased greatly, and | it was with difficulty that the trainmen managed to keep them from run- ning away ina patic, Nearly all of the | colored men declared that they would jmot go to Melrose Park, and that} if taken there on the train, they would | | refuse to get off. TRAIN ORDERED AWAY. At 2 o’clock Marshal Rau, of the| town of Lagranget ordered the train | | bearing the colored men to move out} of the village. It did so and was placed on asiding at Salt Creek, two miles north ot Lagrange. In the meantime attorneys for the steel com- pany called upon neriff and asked} that the company be given ample} protection against the mob violence which was threatened. hey stated postively that the laborers would be} landed in the shops of the company late this afternoon, whether the sheriff} furnished any aid or not “IT have just received a telegram from Adjt. Gen. Reece, offering me | the aid of the State militia it I need it,”’ said Sherift Magerstaat, but I will not needit. I have sent half a dozenmen to Melrose Park this after afternoon |simply tomake a report to meon the conditions there. If they say that a} mob of 300 armed men are patrolling | |the streets, asthe officials of the} company intorm me,I will swear in a | number of deputies and preserve the | | peace at all hazzards. However,I am} | not going to call upon the militia as| | the county is capable of preserving the | | peace whatever happens.’ | Out at Melrose Park the armed citi- | | zens remained on watch until assured |the negroes were not coming, when they dispersed. DESERVES CREDIT | Mr, Ralph Givens will take His Leave. Mr. Ralph Givens who was recently | appointed one of the assistant pro- | secuting attorneys in the police court, | | and whorelieved Mr. Alex. Mollowney | |some several weeks ago, deserves | | great credit for the conduct of that| | branch of thecourt. He has werked hard and made a success in that office. | |He prepared all the information so! | which no exceptions have or could be | |taken to date. Mr. Payton Gordon the other assistant has been prosecut- ing the cases asfastas Mr. Givens would grind them out. He has made the prosecu- ofthe iuformations which were done ; with so much care. CHIEF RETURNS. |The Western Climate Has Made Him Mere | Handsome Mr. Alexander R. Mollowny prosecut- ing Attorney for the United States branch of the Police Court assumed his official duties on Friday, although | he returned Thursday. The handsome | prosecuting officer, and a genial fellow, took right hold and prosecuted the cases that the mill grinder, Mr. Ralph Givens, had so carefully prepared, and | who will take a little vacation in a ‘few days. Mr. Mollowny looks well |and he feels no doubtas well as he | looks. The members of the bar greet- | ed him becguse he is a favorite among them. — DAZED BY GOOD FORTUNE IN OIL. It was on the roth of January, rgor, that first well, the now famous **Lucas Gusher” began to fiow. For ten daysit shot its turbid current 200 feet into the air and, falling back upon itself, cov- ered the surrounding area, till the land ran with veritable streams of oil. A million barrels escaped before the heipless operators, dazed by their un- expected di-covery, found a way to check it. Then to adda lurid impres- siveness to the magnificent find, the oil that had-escaped took fire and burned for many days, blackening the woods and prairie. People come ans. pies deal of [and hurried to Beaumont to to view the flowing well and burning atedthe magnitude of the discovery. | They thought of nothing except that a t oil was being wasted, But ina few weeks another well was | sunk, and it, too, sent a strony cur- | rent spouting into the air. Then the’ people begarto awake. The excite-, ment spread like a malignant fever to! the surrounding towns, Men flocked | to Beaumont. Companies began to| organize. There was a wild rush for} options and leases. Every foot of! land in miles ofthe wells was exploit- ed. Values sped skyward. A single] well sold for 250,000, and $1,020,000 | was refused for another. An acre of land near the Lucas well sold for §9o,- ooo, and the seller was considered} foolish for asking so little. Forty aud fifty thousand were common prices for land ‘inside the oil circle. Each suc- ceeding well that was brought in add ed to the excitement. Men from every profession, trade and departmenc of activity, from all over Texas and from other states left their business | : plunge into the fascinating game of specula- tion, Herewasthe sure thing; every- body was making money. Farmers | aft plan has been granted onall railroads to persons attending the National Atro-American Conncil, and editurs may takeadvantage of that and attend both meetings. It is hoped that the session will be largely attended. Cyrus Field Adams, president; Geo. L. Knox, vice-president; Wm. H. Steward, Treasurer; A. L. Manley, secretary; T. Thos. Fortune, Chairman executiye committee. STRONG PLEA IN THE NEGROES CAUSE. From the Western Outlook. CINCINNATI, July9.—The fourth day of the conference of the Christian En- -Geavor Socisty was a light one as far as the programme was concerned, but the Erdeavorers were out en masse at two meetings to-day. It was another beautiful day somewhat hot- ter than yesterday, but not oppres- sively so. At the last moment the three big music hall rallies were con- | centrated into two meetings, which were held in Auditoriums Endeavor and Williston. After the usual quiet hour meetings in {the morning, which opens every day’s programme, the HON. HENRY A. CASTLE, The Negroes Friend. abandoned their cotton and rice fields | big auditoriums were thrown open for to delve for rich crops. Gattlemen deserted the range and the slow pro- fits of the lopg-horned steer to water a different kind of stock. lawyers, attracted by the prospect of litigation, flocked like buzzards to the new oil city. Speculators, odventurers, mer- chants and professional men, men with fortunes to make or to lose, con servative men as well as irresponsible visionaries —all alike caught the ir- fliction. Such senses ofintense excite- ment and such awild scramble for | wealth the country has not known since the gold fever of '49.—‘‘The Na- tional Magazine” for July. Cotton Growtng tm Ohinhoma, Yt is believed by many that the dry olimate of southern Oklahoma and the southern district of the Indian Terri- tory is going to make that section the home for the finest grades of cotton. An item from Dennison, Tex., says: “During the season it has developed that the cotton grown in the Choctaw nation was of an extra good fiber, grad- | Ing above the average and in | @emand for export. A great d has been shipped to Germany and gland. Indian cotton hereafter will command the top price.” Looked the Part, Tommy—You wore a red sult and horns at the masked ball last night, didn’t you? Mr. Hoamly—Why, no. cavalier. Tommy—I guess pop was mistaken, then. He said he saw you and you I went asa looked like the devil.—Philadelphia | Presa. = AT PHILADELPHIA, Annual Meeting National Afro-American Press | Association. The twenty-second annual meeting | ofthe National Afro-American Press | Association will be held in Bethe! A. | M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Tues- | day, August 6th, 1ogt. The meeting | will be on the ground where the first | Afro-American church in America was |erected, and where the bones of the | great founder now rest ina tomb but ly made for him. Pt editors or publishers of bona | fide newspapers and periodicals pub- \lished in the interest of the Afro- American race are entitled to mem- bership in the Association, Each pub- lication has but one vote. : the time selected for the meeting is just one day prior to the meetisg of the Afro-American Council, so that it will be convenient for editors who attend the meeting to be presentat the Press Association. A special rate of great | a discussion of the ‘Twentieth Cen- jtury.”” Rev. C. B. Richardson of London, Ontario, presided at Audi-| torium Endeavor. The chief address are anda third on the certificate | special agent of the Trunk Line | Association will be in attendance to validate certificates on August 8. You are advised of this, because if |you arrive at the meeting and leave agent’s arrival, you cannot have the | benefit of the reduction on the home |journey. Similarly, it you arrive at {the meeting later than August 8, jafter the special agent has left, you | for the reduction returing. 6. Soas to prevent disappoiniment, teed, but is contiagent on an atten- {dance or notless than 100 persons holding certificates obtained from jnot less than 75 e¢:nts on reconed in arriving at the minimum. 7 jattendance, and your certificates is | duly validated, you will be entitled up | to August 14, to a continuous passage jticket to your destination by the | route over which you make the going | journey. at one-third the limited fare, ble to reach place of meeting by noon of August 9, tickets may Le sold for morning train of that date, } CYRUS FIELD ADAMS, Secretary, Got Even with His Honor, A police judge in a Missouri town recently lect d the police for p mitti ar captured 30 slot belonging to his brother. BY THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD Guide te Wahingten. The F a Guide to |for home again prior to the special| | cannot have your certificate validated | A SENSIBLE SPEECH, COMMISSIONER MACFARLAND’S GOOD ADVICE. and they promptly | gambling mechines | ARTISTC PUBLICATIONS ISSUED | ssenger Department of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. have issued Washington, which in wany 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 uonitl | handsome steel engraved portrait of | government. Butevery President has jthe “Stuart”? Washington. The re He Kaows What to Talk About and Mow |it must be understood that the reduc- | to Talk, | tion oa retarn journey is not guaran- | “While the District of Columbia, | ticket agents at starting points, show-| With its seventy-one square miles of jing payment of full first-class fare of| land and water, is smalier than any of going|the States or Territories, it has a journey, provided, nowever, that if| larger population the certificates presented fall short of! Idaho, Montana, the required minimum and it shall ap-| Wyoming, each of which is now a | pear that round trip tickets are held|Soverign State, and larger than that in lieu of certificates they shall be | of any of the Territories. than Delaware, Nevada, Utah, or There is every reason why the residents of the 7. If the necessary minimum is in| District should be as proud of it as if be were a State or Territory. They ought to see that it is treated with the same respect as States, and that it is not classed with cities. This is one reason for making much of District of Columbia Day atthe Pan-American except from stations where it is possi- | Exposition on September 3, when the | District will be given the honors given | to States on their days. | ‘As the business of Congress grows | with the growth of the country, and | the business increases with its growth, | Congress relies more and more upon }the advice of the Commissioners in |the exercise of the constitutional leg- er. |islative authority over the District, A part of this authority it has formally given to the Commissioners in the power to make an enforce all reason- | able regulations for the public safety, |health and comfort, although the | penalties depend upon the action of thecourts. Very few executive gov- lernments have this broad legislative power. “Beyond appointing the Commis- sioners, the judges, and a few other officers, the President of the United States has no official part in the affairs lof the District of Columbia. The |United States Supreme Court has expressly held that the District gov- ernment is not part of the national | govern.went, and this is why the Pres. ident has not been able to extend the civil service rules over the District | taken a personal interest in the Dis- | verse cover bears an American flag in | trict, and the present President, having | the grasp ofaneagle. The inside pages | !ived so much of his lifein the District, j; contain recent photographs of all of is especially friendly to the District in | the Government Buildings with cor-|every.wayand has done more for it |rect imformation concerning | together with other interesting features them-| than any other President, since Wash- | ington, with the possible exception of j of the city, and the very latest map. | Grant. 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 r@-jhaif their time is receving Takes Ur Commissioners’ Time. takeg “An important duty, which callers | fifteen (15) cents in stamps on appli- | bringing advice, complaints, applica- | cation to the undersigned. | “REASONS WHY"”’ | Lions for office, and requests of many |kinds. Much of this time is profitably ‘‘Reasons Why” isa forty-two page | spent, forthe Commissioners, knowing j pamphlet giving in condensed form|that the District is and ought to be the important | 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 facts concerning the | governed by public opinion, welcome all suggestions from citizens. They desire and maintain close and friendly relations with all organizations of cit- }izens aiming to improve the Distsict, and they endeavor in every possible way tolearn the public will. But | was that of Principal B. T. Washing- | velopment and progress of the rail }much of the time taken by applicants }ton ofthe colored normal school at fuskegee, Ala. He took as his sub- ject ‘the Power of a Noble Life.”’” As he adyanced to the front of the stage tospeak he was the recipient of a tremendous ovation, and he had not proceeded far into his address, which | hecleverly punctuated with dialect and | other stories of the colored tolks, until | | he had won a warm spot in the hearts | of his hearers. He traced his own | career from that of aslaye, and told of his work among the people of his race. He made an impassioned ap- peal for his people and asked that they be judged by the best among them, | | lege of leachiug and enlightening a fellow human being was the highest hatred, even against the white man in | the South, was unchristian and that | he was g.ad to note that this spirit was rapidily gaining a foothold among | his people. | REDUCED RATES TO MEETING NATIO NAL | AFRO-ATERICAN COUNCIL—PHILADEL. j PHIA, PA., AUGUST 7, 10, 1901 jon the certificate plan, has been se-| cured for those attending the meeting | of the National Afro-Council; Phila-| |delphia Pa., August 7, 10, The fol-| lowing directions are submitted for! your guidance: 1. fickets at full fare for the] going journey may be secured within three days (exclusive of Sundays) prior to and during the first two days | of the meeting. The advertised dates | of the meeting are from Augnst 7 to! 10, consequently you can obtain your | ticket not earlier than Aug. 3, nor later! than August 7. Be sure that, when pur- chasing your going ticket, you request | a certificate. Vo not make the mi take of asking for a receipt. 2. Present yourself at the railroad station for ticket and certificate at) least 30 minuetes before departure of | t.ain. 3-. Certificates are not kept at all stations. If you inquire at yourstation you willfind out whether certificates and through tickets can be obtained to place of meeting. Ifnot, agent will | inform you at what stationthey can be obtained. Yon can purchase a local ticket thence, and there take up a certificate and through ticket. 4. On your -rrival at the meeting, present your certificate to Cyrus Fiel«. Adams, Secretary of the Natioual Afro-American Council. 5. it has been arranged that the {and not the lowliest. He said the privie| ra hia & Readi R privilege given to any man, and that | P! ng yey helong ago learned that to cherish | Valley Route at the Low Rate of road, and the superior service afforded | |to patrons. Single copies can be ob= | 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 & Olio R. R, Baltimore, Md. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO PAN- AMERICAN EXPOSITION | DURING JULY, VIA BALTIMORE | & OHIO RAILROAD. |. Excursion tickets will be sold to Buf- |falo, via Royal Blue Line, Philadel- | and Lehigh | $10.00 forthe Round Trip from Wash- ington, Baltimore. Washington and intermediate stations on July 2, 11, 17, 25, and 30 for train leaving Wash- m., Newark, Del., 6.20 a. falo 9.20 p. m. Tickets will also be sold at corres- dates in order that beenabled to make connections wit train named. All tickets limited for return to seven (7) days, including date of sale, on all trains execpt “Black Diamond Expaess’” and ‘Royal Limited’” Call on Agents Baltimore & Ohio . R. for tickets, Pullman car space, and full information, SUMMER TOURS VIA BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Tickets now onsale to all principal summer resorts east of the Ohio River. | Special excursion tickets to Buffalo 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 trains, routes and rates. M. 4-4t. B. & O. WEEK END COUNTRY TRIPS. Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays jington 7.05 a.m,, Baltimore 7.55 a.| persons call on ) a. m., Wil-| personally every day, as a rule, be- |mington 9.39 a. m., (arriving in Buf- | sides many more who are content to for employment under the District is practically wasted, since applications in writing, answer every purpose. The | Commissioners have absolute power of appointment to all offices under |the District government, except the few filled by the appointment of the President and those under the beard of education, whose membeis are ap- pointed by the Commissioners. They have not been able to get the civil service actextended over the District offices, notwithstanding re- peatedefforts, which will be kept up. But they have maintained a merit sys. tem of appointment and promotion. They naturally want the best they can get in making appointment and they try to maintain a high standard. Good men arealways kept,and there are few vacancies at any time, and none at most times. When vacancies occur all appropriate applications are care- fully considered and the best appli- cants are appointed. From 100 to 309 the Commissioners the On transact their business through secretary or some other offical. | pondingly low rates from Frederick, | some days an even larger number call | Hagerstown, Martinsburg, Strasburg | on the Commissioners r | Junction, and intermediate points, for | half of them come to ask for offices A reduction oftare and one-third, |@%y train on day previous to above|for themselves or their friends. At : Ppassengras may | times it is difficult for the Commiss- On an average ioners to attend to more important business because of the calls of office- seekers, whoin most cases can not hope for anything but sympathy.” “My, the house looks changed some way,” said the lady who had moved out ® month or two before and re turned to make a call and see what kind of furniture the new tenants had. “Yes,” her hostess replied; “we've cleaned it up.”—Chieago Times-Her ald. More Than She Meant. “Well, madam,” said the docter, bustling in, “how is our patient thie morning?” “His mind seems to be perfectly elear this morning, doctor,” replied the tired watcher. “He refuses to touch any of the medicines.”—Chicago Tribune. His Growing Family. “T had nine children to support, and it kept me busy,” said Smith to Jones, as they met; “but one of the girls got for return until following Monday, at married. Now I have—" reduced rates, from Washington to Chariestown, Frederick, Annapolis “Eight?” interrupted Jones. “No, ten—counting the son-in-law,* fan and intermediate points.—| said Smith, with a sigh—Tit-Bits. - 4A. 31. ——e -— ey,