The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1901, Page 1

[A PAPER FOR THE PEOP@E. LFIRESIDE COMPANION. s true if you ©= o~ ~APER SHINGTON GRERP ADVERTISING MEDIOM. footiecorecs trade? she Bee Zz IT: VOL. 20. MAE the American People—The Congress | to Intercede Meb eside ule Against the Constitution ort has been made, by} National Organizations, to rate plans and methods, to cure 4 thathave taken a_ hold of the American people, and rmitted every Southern legis ‘body in violation of the Amer| n and the laws govern | er, pass unconstitu | What methods, there e negro adopt to pro }much of a wonder as it makes out. Shall he appeal to} ». Shall he use & Bee would suggest ative conference be strict of Columbia on or t iddle or latter part of| vel 1 through that confer | niet erican people make an| President and the Presi mngress of the United} i ‘ ould be something done | , meliorate the condition of | thiscountry. Itis hoped entire press of the country | 1 of this matter and do| rto put this movement | Let this conference be void | sentirely. There should not| reference to politics but, | ods to be adopted, where | andthe Congress of s adopted such method | | classes of American | is hoped that the churches | country will take an subject and do all in to make this gathering a there is every reason to be e s adopted by the mob in justify acts that are perpetrated Ey in satisfying the ends ofjus Ber maintains that mob law ition of the Constitution of the Ss and it never was inten ted States, that the viola aw should go unpunish e American negro doesn’t be 1 any class or indivudual com g acrime and allowed to go free 1egro, is an American citizen, vhile there are some, who don’t ve in law or order. there are e:s whoare just as patriotic, honest cere in their intentions as the un. The colored people of the States are not responsible for afew of their number may be th. Those who have the a ind the power to execute »e able to discrimiate be e who are good and those refore, the American pealed to to take such a s call that they deem best a s proposed to have this c ence epresentative citizens g tthe country to assem Conference on or r part of November adopt such an address to the ca ple through the Presi! { the United States and Con} s a who faver such a move 1 ndicate It, by addressing rE { Tue Bee Washington, ( ¢ press, throughout the tive of politics will us call favorable consid | on | the CHEATHAM INDORSED, Littleton Applaud Him. The Bee | my) iment! Is Cheatham Right? Littleton, N. C. Aug. 26, 1901. H Cheatham is here. e a thonsand of peopie in this | t believe in using the} to adopt the ad-} Pledger of Georgia or T. tune of the New York| py of the Ace was read aday to the people relative € en by Messrs. Fortune | The unanimous opinion Recorder Cheatham was s advice to the people. The al was indersed and a better element of the |or line. It is the duty of every Amer a people is opposed to the|ican to send a small donation if it is amers of the Constitution | WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY AUGUST 31, 1901: views, Mr. Cheatham said in pa Mississippi ‘thas grown whiter in its ‘- aay tosay most emphatically | southern counties, thanks to the lum- at I want to have no part this | ber industry,’’ says the New Orleans new doctrine of the “bad nigger and| Times Democrat, “but this increase ne Winchester.” Tnat Combination|has more than been offset by the has caused too much trouble already.|heavy negro immigration into the All lawlessness is to be con- | Yazoo Delta frem Alabama, Georgia, demned by the blacks as well as by|and the Carolinas.” The the whites. But while that is true it! continues: affords no excuse for inciting to crime| ‘A more through investigation will to check one form of lawlessness. | probably show the cause of the unex- Lynching is no reason for the gen-| pected increase of negroes in some eral arming of the Negro. It would|parts of the South. There is com- lead tothe most serious trouble and | paratively little negro emigration—that ne paper Negro himself. c move to Alabama, Mississippi and We repreduce this much of Mr. | Tennessee, but few cross Mason and Senteniel that Mr. Fortune is not so} stance, the negro emigration for the |Afew thousand moved to New Or- leans to work on the public improve- ments, paving, canal digging, etc but it is probable that most of the: Dr. John R. Francis isnot a candi- have gone home again. On the other WHA! SAW AND NEARD- but it isa fact however, that if Dr. |States. When we further consider the Curtis is not reinstated the friends of | thousands of white Mississippians who Dr. Francis and the people in this City | have meved te Texas, Louisiana, and would be pleased to see him appoint-|¢ven into the Tercitories to try their ed Surgeon In Chief of the Hospital. | fortunes, it is possible to understand There isno manin this Ceuntry that|the result brought out by the census has made the record that Dr. Francis has. He has now erected a monument | to the colored race by the establish- ment ofthe only Negro Sanitarium in | the United States. Capt. Hamlinis a fine looking man. | His military bearing and his knowl- | edge of military tactics make him a fine specimen of humanity. It is commendable om the part of Assistant Register Adams and Daniel Murray in suggesting atoken to be sent to England to the proprietors of | the hotel who refused to draw the col- | | | but one penny. There isevery reason for colored | members of the bar to organize. There are some fine men connected with the} District bar who reflect credit on any {race of people. Attorney King, | Hughes, Bundy, Payton, Pollard, | Jones, Martin and others are among } | the most brilliant members of the Dis trict bar. | Commissioner Macfarland will be in | Buffalo on District day and do honor) |to this City- There will be hundreds | going from this City todayto give} |Commissioner Macfarland a royal | welcome. Dr. Phil. B. Brooks the South Wash. | |ington Surgeon and Phiscian has in preparation a Dook on medical science. Dr. Brooks is a young man of ability. | Dr. C. B. Purvis having heard of the resignatian of Dr. A. M. Curtis is would be the very worst thing for the is, trom the South. Carolinia negroes | Cheatham’s interview to show the|Dixon’s line. In Mississippi, for in-| past ten years has been infinitesimal. | date forthe position of Surgeon In| hand, from 50,000 to 60,000 moved | Chief of the Freedmen’s Hospitial,|into the black belt from the Atlantic | studies which their daughters have t° : Sephementaty © 1 grappel with atschool, load themdown|! Little Katherine sat sf tie Beeata with a few special studies in the finer| fast table this morning, pondering arts. I have in mind now several youug | the problems of pin life. girls between the precarious ages of | 3 2 aroused from her reverie to day: twelve and seventeen, who, after they | “Well, next year Malodfim will be return from school, have an extra dose | , of painting, music or languages. ‘But | # lawamewer, won't het s rer |my daughter must know something of | WAY they will call Bim that. \these things,’ is the protest of the | “My dear,” answered the mamma, fond mother, ‘She must be able to| “whoever told you that Malcolm hold her own with other girls of her| will be a lawnmower?” set.’ Of course, the girl at this tender | age, with such a mental load, soon| the child. “This year he was a fresh- a to ae She sper reper man, next year he'll be a lawnmower, istless and nervous, an en the! j mother wonders why! To build her — eyes — Serer Ase up dope hee under the sun is tried | —— excepta lessening of mental work and! 4 the unnatural pe upon the nervous | other explained. “I said that Mal- Abundle of nerves encased in the| lawnmower.” most fragrile frame, her physical vital-| “I don’t know that that makes any ity sapped almost to the last dreg.! difference,” was Kathevine’s com- | And in this condition she enters the| ment. “One sounds just as well as marriage state! And yet we wonder) the other, to be sure, why there are so few women absolute- | ly free from organic troubles. Is it so | inexplicable?” | lumbus Dispatch. ANIMOUS VERDICT. | From the National Baptist Union. | ) Senator Tillman has returned from | u How French Girls Are Educated. in the country, as well as in town, | all go to public schools. Little girls of the better class have an English or | German nursemaid or a resident gov- boarding school they go to some con- but I know | code of |: what a lawnmower is and I never | enacted | heard that other word before.”"—Co- | gress and which goes into effect Jan- GE. OTOL HE WILL SUCCEED JUDGE KIMBALL. “You told me yourself,” answered | THt New Code Requires New Judges, The Attormey Gemeral will se Decide. In all probability Judge John H. “Oh, you mean sophomore,” the | O’Donnell will succeed Judge Kimball on the bench of the Police Court. system. The girl develops into what? | colm would be a sophomore, not a | Judge Scott may be his own successor. Members of the bar would welcome a change. The members of the District bar are considerably interested in the status of the Police Court under the new aws of the District which was at the last session of Con- uary 1. A possible reorganization of the Police Court is a subject of Specu- lation and the Attorney General will The children of the lower classes | Probably be requested to examine the law and determine whether or not the act of the last Congress establishes a new court and necessitates the ap- pointment of new justices, or whether it simply continues the old system erness. When they are sent to a| with the old officers. The question inyolved is full of | vent, but in Paris courses which leave | technicalities and some local attor- the young girl most of the time at | neys are of the opinion that Attorney home are preferred. The courses are | General Knox will have his hands full weekly, semi-weekly or even daily |i" deciding just what the status of the classes. The government schools Police Court is. Should he decide have hitherto been attended mostly that the new law provides for the en- by the free thinking element. Pri- tire reorganization of the court there Zs will be a determined effort to organ- vate schools are fast being trams-|i7e the tribunal on entirely new lines. formed into day schools. Then theré| 4 fight among the legal lights would | are private teachers for those arts | also be precipitated for the position of | called “accomplishments,” which oc- police justice that will bring out every cupy a prominent place.—Th. Bentzon ; possible force the members of the lo- (Madame Blanc), in Ladies’ Home } Journal. 1 Singing Soldiers, A London paper notes that during the re + Austrian maneuvers the general in command tried the orig- inal experiment of using the singing | of songs as a means of ascertaining the whereabouts of the different com- panies of the corps d’armee. He commanded each battalion of a di- | vision to learn a certain song ef war and sing it when attacked. In this way he was enabled to discove: when some distance off, which ba talion was being attacked by the enemy. The songs consisted of old *‘rancis if there is to be a change. | reinstatement of Dr. Curtis. man does, no matter how small it is, duty. The offence charged against ation. The only mistake Dr. Curtis made was when he tendered his resig- nation. He should have made the Secretary of theInterior dismiss him. Because he has committed no offence. There is to be a change in the Police | Court Judges. Judge O'Donnell will no doubt succeed one of the Judges of the Police Court. Judge O’ Donnell is,no doubt, the best man, that has ever been upon the bench of the Police Court. He has good common sense and takes no foolishness. He knows how to deal with young crimi- nals in Chesterfieldian style, Judge Barnard has_ been holding Equity Court for several weeks. Judge Barnard never looses an oppor- tunity todo good. ROUNDER. Mr. F. J. J. Smoot, a candidate for the Legislature of the Repubician party, opened night school for the illiterate colored veters of the 5th dis- trict of Charles County, Md. The an energetic white man, a good friend to his colored brethern, and tries to do juested to bes nt to the| a g him for his timely} Che course of Recorder | was commended. ® FORTUNE'S “BAD NIGGER,” | Wor ¢ Indianapolis Sentinel takes Mr. | nas Fortune to task for his re- acement that, what the is not “good niggers,” but swith Winchesters. In on of Mr. Fortune the Sen- 4s rather the best of the argu- we would like to remind it ¢ whole race is not to be judged f Fortune’s indiscretion and hysterical Negro women,” any | an the white race is to be zed by hot headed individuals like an or ‘bridle bit Waite”. erst- | vernor of Colorado. gree with the Sentinel that all| eaks as this of Mr. Fortunes ng short of criminal, and that | st misfortnne that could be-} ed in the light of accepting ership. But fortunately the} egroes have leaders among "selves—men of the Booker T. Wa n type—whese advice is ° and whose influence is felt more than the advice end in-| «fof Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, of ance, we might quote Mr. atham; of North Carolina, | ‘ Recorder of Deeds for the _ of Columbia, on this very Speaking of Mr. Fortune and ledger, of the Atlanta Age, EVige utterance to these incendiary all he can to helpthem. DISCUSSNIG THE CURFEW LAW. There was anappreciative audience present at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church on last The subject of discussion was the Curfew Law. Mrs. Jennie Robins open- | ed the discussion. She maintained that class legislation was unconstitu- tional. That, if a Curfew law was to be passed it should not only apply to black but to white children as well. Prof. Baltimore maintained that there were church members who kept bar- dy houses and that they were respon- sible for the condition of children. The pastorand others agreed with Mrs. Robins that no Curfew Law was necessary; that the parents of | children should teach them right from wrong. NEGRO INCREASE IN THE SOUTH. From the Literary Digest. While the Leuisiana papers are re- Negro today would be to! icicing over the fact that the whites| now outnumber the blacks in that State (something that has happened but once before in a hundred years). the neighboring State of Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi find from the census returns that their negroes areincreasing much more rapidly than the white people. In Mississippi the blacks are in the majority, as the fol- lowing figures show; Whites Colored. 9 Increase Meters 98,049 165,621 Increase per cent — 37.9 21.9 on ce 9 ene eee |} on his way to America. I don’t think | | Dr. Purvis has any show to be reap- | pointed. The peepie are in favor of D Negroes in the West demand the If a colored man at the head of any institution happens to do what a white ored men seem to be very much in-| terested and the first night there was | quite a number present. Mr. Smoot is) uesnay evening. | heisto becharged with direlition of| ofM ississippi. that the State is getting | blacker instead of whiter, like Louis- Dr. Curtis is too small for consider-| ana. | “At the same time, it is well*to notice the fact that freedom is not |checking the growth of the negro | population, as so many imagined it | would. The death-rate of the negroes | in the cities where they defy every rule of sanitation is enormous; but it is) | well te remember that a high death- | rate does not necessarily mean that a |race is. falling-off. Russia has the highest death-rate of any country in Europe, yet is increasing the most rapidly, for the birth-rate of the na- | tives is high, as is the case with near- ly all people who have not accumu— lated much wealth. There are twice as many negroes in this country as | when Lincoln set them free, that is, the race problem is twice as difficult to-day as if was then. CIVIL RIGHTS | | Testimonial for West End Hotel Manager Richardson who Refused to Draw Color Line in England A movement has been started by Messrs. Cyrus Field Adams, Daniel Murray and others to cure sub- scriptions toa testimonial to the Lon- |don hotel manager who refused to make any discrimination in his enter- tainment of delegates to the Method- ist Ecumenical Council. Their object as stated is to show to the world that there are others in America, and not all blasphemous infidels and barbar- ians as might be inferred by the action of some at home and abroad. They | characterize the action of the Ameri |cans who wanted the Colored men excluded as an impudent and blas- phemous act of infidelity, in effect assuming superior wisdom to God in making man, They resent and object te His work in making the black maa, No Christian gentlemen would countenance or sign any such unchris- tian petition, as was presented by some Americans tothe Hotel Manager which he promptly rejected. | Tas Bre will act ss agent in this | matter and will give acknowlegement ‘for all subscrptions received. We should generously show our apprecia-| | \ tion in every way whenever an oppor- |tunity occurs. The following has | been received: Gyrus Fields Adams, $10.00, Daniel Murray, $2.00. | WHY SO MANY WOMEN ARE INVALIDS. Ambitious Parents Overload Their Daughters With Accomplishments: he insane desire of fond parents }that their children shail “shine” is \their studfes and accomplishments in ene topic vigorously dealt with by Edward Bok in his editorial in 7he Ladies’ Home Journal for September. Regarding the girls’ side of this wide- spread evil he says: “There are parents who, not content with the HON. MARK A. HANNA, A Safe Man to Succeed President McKinley. | the State of Wisconsin, where he la, bored so faithfully to justify lynching- ballot-box stuffing and election steal- ing, and found himself in the meshes | ofthe law for slander. The unusual freedom and unlimited applause that | have been given him in his wicked as- | saults on the Negroes, lured him on to |the slander ofa white man, who has} called him to judgement. Ifthe court | should pull the Senator for abeut ten! thousand on this libel count, it would serve the country anoble purpose, and, in all probability, save the South Ca olina Senator from the sure and cer- tain disgrace that must necessarily fol- low his public sanction of lawlessness, | murder and political fraud. } | | WASHINGTON TEACHERS SOL TH. Misses Chase and Merritt in Abbeville, South Carolina From the Abbeville, S, C. Ethiopian. _ The teachers attending the Summer School at Abbeville are peculiarly blessed in having Miss E. F. Merritt as amember of the faculty. Miss Merritt is a Supervising Principal of the Washington Public Schools ard ranks amoug the highest lit y| minds ofthe District. Algebra and language are the subjects which Miss Merritt is presenting to the teachers of Abbeville, and we are frank to con- fess that we have never seen those | subjects handied with such extraordi- nary ability and alertness. Miss | Merritt is well named for she has risen to her position of honor and trust purely on her merit. We are also blessed in having with us Miss Lula S. | Chase, who is alsoa teacher in the! | Fublic Schools ef Washington, and | | sister of Mrs. E. V.C. Williams, the| | editor of tke Ethiopian. We are truly jglad to have the distinguished lady | visitors in our midst, if only for ashort time. In coming South to spend their | vacation and to engage in the great| work of helping to educate and en- |courage the race, they have set a | worthy example which we hepe will be followed by many in the future. They |who would leada people must be |among that people, sharing their joy and their sorrows with them and giv- ing them that sumulus which only the presence ofa leader and commander can give. ——__., Sharing the Glory. “Henrietta isn’t one of these women who want to put a husband in the background and make him stay there.” “No, indeed!” “Is she trying to make you promi- ment?” “Yes. She is going to deliver a leo- ture to her club on how to manage husbands, and she wants me to come up on the platform and be am exqge ”, 3 pie" sJiashingten Str te ea or pe meeong folk-songs familiar to the men. To each battalion was attached a few musicians and drummers, who assist- ed the singing soldiers.——You‘h's Companion. Animal Millinery. Observers of nature are frequently struck with the singular resem- blances of insects to leaves, dried sticks, and so forth, and these like- nesses are supposed to have grown out of the necessity of protection against, or concealment from, ene- mies. An interesting example of this kind of resemblance was recently brought to the attention of the En- tomological society in London by Dr. Chapman, who exhibited a spider found inhabiting some rocks near Cannes, on which were also fastened the cases of a species of moth. When at rest the spider exhibited almost precisely the same form and color as the moth eases surrounding it.—Na- ture. He Kuew How to Handle Em. “Don't pick me up,” growled the bad man from Siwash; “I’m a live wire!” “Thanks for the warning,” said the gentlemanly bartender, “but it’s all safe enough when you have the nip pers properly insulated.” Whereupon he seized the live wire cal bar can exert. The fight will be entirely in the appointment of the judges, about whom there has been controversy from time to time. LANGUAGE OF THE CODE, The chapter of the District code which relates to the Police Court states that ‘‘there shall continue to be a Police Court in the District, as at present, | consisting of two judges, learned inlaw, appointed by the Pres- ident,” &c. ‘The question that arises among the attorneys is, does this man- ner of phrasing the law make neces- sary the reorganization of the court? It is said that the entire question hinges on the interpretation of the words ‘‘as at present,” the contention ofanumber of attorneys being that the law provides for an entirely new court, while others are of the opinion that the words quoted give the Presi- dent the power to continue the court as at present. The law does not be- come effective until the rst day of Jan- nary, 1902, but an examination of the code has led to much discussion of the question, and many attorneys who have SDGEpMEDIY considered the doc- ument are of the opinion that a new court will be provided, and they have set to work accordingly. Justice John H. O'Donnell, at _pres- ent presiding over the United States branch of the Police Court, inthe ab- sence of Judge Charles F. Scott, fired the first gun in the campaign for the police judgeship, should a new court be decided upon, Saturday, when he hurriedly went to Canton to consult with President McKinley. Itis under- stood that Judge O’Donnell is anxious to obtain an appointment on the pol- ice bench, and has several times in the past been named as a candidate for the position. It is understood that Judge O’Donnell went to Canton for the ex- press purpose of applying to President McKinley for the position, although the judge will not confirm or deny this statement. INDORSEMENTS FOR O'DONNELL. Many of the attorneys having busi- in the Police Court, and a number ot other members of the District bar are backing Judge O’Donnell in his can- didacy, and will do all they can to further his plans. Since his appoint- ment as the temporary Justice by his left ear with the ice tongs|at the Police Court Judge O'Don- and hustled him hastily through the|nell has had some very difficult outer exit.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Circumstantial Evid Papa—Where’s my umbrella? I’m sure I put it in the hall stand with the others last evening. Willie—I guess Mabel’s beau took it when he went home last night. Mabel—Why, Willie! The idea! Willie—Well, when he was sayin’ good night to you I heard him say: “I'm going to steal just one.”—Phil- adelphia Press. Simply Another Name for It. Miss Weary (listeming to the steam- cases to decide, and he has dealt with the litigation before him in a manner highly pleasing to the bar. _ The terms of the present judges of the Police Court, unless there is a re- organization, will not expire for some years yet, each of them being reap- pointed about a year ago to the posi- tions that they now hold, Should it be decided that the present Policeg Court goes out of existence on the 31s" of December, however, the terms of the judges will expire then, as they were appointed to preside over the court as it now stands. It is the gen- eral opinien of the members of the bar that at least one of the present boat whistle)—I wish that dreadful | judges will be appointed to the new noise would stop. It makes me fe nervous. Mr. Borem—Is that so? Do you know, I don’t think I have such a thing as a nerve about me? el | court, which one no one seems to be in a position to state, Both Judge Scett and Judge Kimball have occu- pied the bench at the Police Court for several years, and have, in a majority of cases, given satisfaction to the po- “Indeed! What do you call it, then, [jice Sepernneets with which they have i gall?”—Harlem Life. 4 A Flavored Stick, ~ TT Pearl—Freddy is so oniginal. & Ruby—In what way? ites cd more directly to deal. Judge Kimball is one of the authors of the present vagrancy law, which has from time to time caused a great deal of contention among the attorneys, who practice “Why, he had the head of his} before him, and which has been of eane phase with wintergreen and | great assistance to the police in clear- Blood ceange-- Now ee guyer who could not otherwise be dealt pleasant taste after holding it in mouth awhile“”—Chicago Daily News. Peker im the West. terrogated the man on the coach. “Yes, stranger,” responded Amber Pete, “he had a little habit of slip- ping aces in them an’ the boys didn’ give him « chance to take them it “So he died with his boots on?” im ing the city of disreputable characters with. le Who Ave Trifing, ~' en you see people who aré — they do not keep thejr en- gements.—Washingten (Ia) Dem sated tli wf - “¥ A Girl’s Shoes, Shoes thet exactly &t o girlarea wurigsity,—Chicago Daity News i acb-nccdeeir teacaiapentemersieeamemeerecs