The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 16, 1901, Page 4

apt wacom eee The Bee. —PUBLISHED AT— | » STREET. WASHINGTON D.C NO. 1109. * W.CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. at the Post Office atWashington, D cy as second-class mai! matter. Enters ESTABLISHED 1882. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy ver year. $2.00 Six months.....+-- 1.00 Three months...----+> : oe el Lity subscibers, monthly...-.-+-++ 2 Site 2 ee Agalast Amalgamation. The article of Prof. W. H.| Council which hae been going the rounds ef the Southern newspapers has tickled the fancy of their ed- itors by hiereference to two points: first, that the whites are bound to resist amalgamation with the Negro; soco..d, that they are bound to rulo this country in political affairs by the ballot or by the bul- let. Has Bro, Council heard of any threats made by negroes to inter- marry with white people without their knowleige and consent? It seems idle to bring this subject in- to serious discussion especially when it is known that the inter- marriage of the raees is prohibited by Southern State laws. The real danger to society lies in the illicit mixing up ef white men and negro women sud vice versa which isnow geingon and has been | going on from time immemorial in th» South. That this is ‘true is a disg:ace both to the caucai the negroes involved and t er this secial impurity ie stamped out the better it will be ger beth races, The talk about ruling this coun- try in political affairs by the ballot or by the bullet is the oid ery that has been heard in the South ever since emancipation. The fraud, intimidation and violence in past elections inSouthern States, under the pretext of maintaining white supremacy has enabled the demo- crats to hold absolute control over State and localgovernments.) What danger does the Negro now present? He controls nothing in politics, in the South atleast. Me has dis— appeared from State legislature and in Congress. Hehas been bar- red from voting by the wholesale Why then is the echo of “Negro sand soon- domination” still heard? That Political scare-crow can well be discarded now, although political demagogues have in the past suc cessfully flaunted the bogy of “Negro domination’’ to frighten weak minded voters and have thus kept their party alive and themselves in office. Bro. Council give us somsthing new and orig- imal and stop playing the second fiddle to our race enemies, The Election. Last Tuesday's election was an indication thatthe people are satie- fied with rapublican rule, It was an indication that the negro dom- ination questions and tue dinner, by the President to Prof, Booker I. Washington had no retroxctive effect on the methods adopted by the democratic party. Senators Hanna and Foraker demonstrated their powors in Onio and the en- dorsement the voters gave them was evidence of the confidence they have in both of these distinguished men. New York has gotten rid of Tammany and we may now look for aclean and good city. Tam- many is not dead and the recen defeat of that organization is no indication that it will never rise again, Editor Fortune is one of the most brilliant journalistsin the Country. President Roosevel- would honor New York byappoint- ing him toa representative place. Congratulations to Messers, Jerre A. Brown, John P. Green, and Geo. A Mvers of Ohio, They worked manfully. Judge Anderson of Oriminal Court No. 1 is one of the most refined expoundersof the lawonthe Supreme Court bench. He under. |ley, of De atanda his business. The retirement of Mr. Cooper as private secretary to Attorney-Gen- eral Knox is regretted by a larze cumber of members of the bar. Mr. Cooper is oneof the most affix- ble young menin the department. His successor isa gentleman well kuown and bighly respected. Justices of the Peace, There were some disappoint- ments on hast Tuesday when it wae announced that the President had selected the ten Juatices of the Peace. The failure of the President to appoint Justices Anson S. Taylor aud John H. 0. Donnell has caused a great feeling among the friends of these gentle- men. Both of these Justices have served in the Union army and have made acceptable officers. Taore is equally,as much dirsatie- faction among the colored mem bers of the bar over the appoint ments of Messrs. Hewlett and Ter rell. Itis claimed that Mr. Hew lett is objectionabl # because he doesn’t represent the uegro bar as sociation. Mr. Terrell is object ed to tecauge he hes been teaching school ever since he graduated: He has never had a case in the Su preme Coirt of the District of Columbia, hence he does'nt come within thelew Mr. Booker T. Washington had more to say about the appoint! ment of these Justices than the bar association. His recommen dation had more weight wich the President than the citizens of Washington or the bar association whe really knew who were quali fied and satisfactory to the people. The bar association will ask Congress to suspend the operation of the Code until certain amend ments are made. — Recorder Cheatham. President Roosevelt has decided | te retain Recerder Cheatham and | if it becomes necessary he will re | nominate him. The Beeis free| to sty that Mr, Cheatham has done | more for the District peop'te than | any recorder that has had cherge | of that office, Me has been liveral in his contribations to republican | is ciuse this time to demand his removal Mr. Cheatham’s only fault is he tries to help everybody and pleases! no one. No man can succeed who | success anf there no a attempts to give his enemies the same consideration that he gives| his friends, The policy of the Bee is, help its friends ané watch its enemies Mr. Cheatham, the President says will be retained. Nasi. les WHITE MASONS RECOGNIZE THE | COLORED MASONS, The Supreme Council of Colored} Scottish Rite of the 33rd degree in the! United States, is recognized by the} Supreme Counci: of the Scottish Rite | Masons of Roumania, Good news has reached the colored masons in the United States and they are congratulating each other upon the laudable effect. The white Sup- | reme Council of Ancient and Accepted | Scottish Rite Masons, of Roumania. ! which body is composed entirely «f white masons, among whom are some of the most learned and scholarly. men in that country. Roumania is a kingdom in the south- ; east of Europe, and has a population ofover six millions people. They have | officially recognized the United States Supreme Council of Anient and Ac-) cepted Scottish Rite Colored Mas- oas for the Southern and Western} jurisdiction in the United States} of America, its territories aud de-| pendencies, which is presided over by | illustrious John G Jones, 33, of Chicago, Illinois, who is Sovereign) Grand Commander. Negotiation be- tween these two distinguished bodies of Scottish Rite masons have beea | pending forsome time, but it was} only recently that the work was accomplished. The correspondence was conducted by Illustrious John G. Jones, 33, of Chicago. They have also extended him a fraternal and cordial invitation to visit their country and attend the nexc annual session of their Supreme Council, which will be held in 1902. Prejudice among people all over the land is now rapidly dying out, and the people are believing in the fatherh od of God and the brother-hood of man. Several lodges in meas and regular standing of Colored Masons in the State of Michigan, mzt in Masonic Convention in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on Monday, the 28th of October, rgo1, and organized a regular and legiti- mate Masonic Grand Lodge for the) State of Michigan. The following officers were elected for the ensuing Master Mich., Senior Grand Warden ; Samuel Bayliss, of Ann Arbor, aich., Junior Grand Warden: John A. Freeman, gan, Grand Secretary; Rev. Louis Prith- |Crosby, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Senior jsentiment of the Afro—ameicao {Cabinet meeting by direction of the troit, Mich., Leputy Grand F. S. Rodman, ef Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Mich., Grand Treasurer Edward J. Lewis, Ann Arbor, Michi- ford, Ypsilanti, Mich , Grand Chaplain; | Joseph Preston, Yysilanti, Grand Lec- turer; C. H. Allen, Detroit, Mich., Senior Grand Deacon; Elijah Guy, Grand Rapids, Mich., Junior Grand Deacon; Jefferson Lyon, Ypsilanti, Mich., Grand Marshal]; Theopholis Grand Steward; Gegrge Kersey, Ypsil- anti, Mich., janie Ganea Sieward; William Ramsay, Grand Rapids, Mich,, Grand Tyler. The next session of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, July and, 1902. This Grand Lodge 1s composed of the most intelligent and brainy colored masons and a number of the most prominent colored men that there are in the State of Michigan, and it starts out under the most favorable circum- stances, and has already secured recognition among several of the Grand Lodges in the United States, and will ata day not far distant secure recognization from all the white form- ed lodges, throughout Europe aud other foreign countries. T, THOMAS FORTUNE, Esq., Ome of the Most Distinguished Journalists in the United States. The Admigis- tration Could net Recog- nize A Mere Meritor- eus Journalistic Leader. T. Thomas For mne, Esq, edit- or ofthe New York Age, is no doubt oneof the leading journalists in the United States. He is recog- nized by the Jeading journals euch as the New York Sun, Times, Tri bune, and the World asa man of great journalistic ability. His @ litvriais Jin the Age of which he is editor are widely quoted. Mr Fortune is a republican but the most independent one among Afro- Americans, He lives by his pen aloneand unlike miny Afro-Ameri- cane he is not diceptivs neither is he false to hia people. herepub- lican party bas found Mr. Fortune to bean Afro-American of n> rve and ability. If President Roose- velt wan 8 to recognize a race man of nationc] reputation and ability Mr. Fortune is that man, Mr. Fortune n:ay have his faults, he has never betrayed his trust, neither has he been » man to betray his race. He istheroughly and distinct- ly arace man. Hv should be given & position commensurate with his ability and fidelty to party. His entire lifs has been in the interest of higpeeple. New York has never been recognized in the uational government, by the republicsns, so far as republican Afro-Americans are concerned, ‘The Afr - American press to @ paper wou d hail the »p- poin ment of editor Fortune. THe Beg would Jike to see him one of | tne auditors of the treasury depart- | ment. IPf merit ts tobe rewarded, then Mr. Fortune should be ap- pointed. ‘THe Bes echces the pree, ———————_<.s —___ TEN JUSTICES NAMED. Seven of the Present Fifteen are Reappointed. The names of ten men selected for justices of the peace ofthe District under the new law, which goes into effect January 1 1902, were announced byAttorney General Knox after the President. The successful ones are Thomas H. Cailan, Luke C. Strider, Charles S. Bundy. Samuel C. Mills, \ 1 Justice Samvet C. Lewis, A Lawyer and Jurist. One among the } Best Justices Appoited. Lewis I. O'Neal. Emante!l Hawlet (colored), Samuel R. Church, and RobertH. Terre] (colored. The three last named are new appointees, the other seven being appointed from the | present corps of fifieen justices. The \ eight who failed of reappointment and | who will retire at the end of the year | are Terrence Duffy, 8. Herbert Giesy, |Oliver P. Johnson, Francis Carroll | Mattingly, J. Barton Miller, John H. }O’Donnel!l, Anson S. Taylor, and Albert L. richardson. K CH TOBE ASSIGNED A DISTRICT. The new code provided that each of the justices shall receive an annual | salary of $3.000 and the further sum of | $250 for rent, stationery, and other expenses. The present justices derive their iacome from fe The District will, afer jenurs divided by the Supreme Court of the District intoten districts, and the courts will also pre- scribe the places in each district | Masonic year: John, A. Bell, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Master; S. D. Cur- where the justices thereof shall have! |his office. Trial by jury before justices \ of the peace is prohibited by the code. correspondent World, Elmer Skillings, champion fox trapper of that section, who became @ wonder in that line 60 that there has always wonder at his succe the secret by which he lured the sly foxes into his traps. yard, that of the pullet who had just cordant note of the guinea fowl. A UNIQUE FOX TRAP. Maine Genius Gets Phonograph Ree- ord of a Hen and Lures Rey- nard to Destruction. According to the Bucksport (Me.) of the New York suddenly been great , has finally told Mr. Skillings, who is a farmer in a sparsely settled district, purchased a phonograph and some records for his own amusement and to entertain his IT WORKED TO PERFECTION. fellow-farmers at the Grange meet- ings. He has an ingenious mind, which suggested an attempt to get on record the noises of the poultry laid an egg, the crowing of a cock, the quacking of ducks and the dis- He bought some blank records and se- cured all the novel results he wanted. Then another idea came to him He exchanged his instrument for a much finer and larger one, and after a number of trials obtained a fine record of the clucking of a mother hen and the peeping of her brood oi chickens. Then he went into the woods, dug a large hole, partially filling it with brush and arranged the phonograph in the hole, so that by means of a long spring and self-returning mechanism of his own invention the record would run continuously for nearly half an hour. A powerful res- a onator made the sounds nearly as dis- tinct as the original. The apparatus was completed with an alarm clock arrangement, so that the instrument be set in operation automat- y at any hour desired. The effect startling, when suddenly there would be heard, apparently from a could heap of brushiwood, the excited cluck- ing of a mother hen and the answer- ing pee of her brood of chickens. Mr. Skillings surrounded the place with fox traps and the machine to begin operations several hours after The first time it was tried two foxes were trapped. we sunset. It worked to perfection. From all appearances they rushing in upon the supposed brood, their The scheme worked defenseless forgetting ust 1 cunning a and in until nearly all the foxes in the vicinity had fallen vie tims to Skillings’ genius. nin COW’S CURIOUS FIX. Was Caught by Its Hindquarters While Trying to Jump Through Fork of a Tree. Those who are the possessors of eattle will appreciate the drawing which is shown here, for no doubt they have at some time or other been CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FORK. under the necessity of rescuing their cows from ticklish and ofen danger- ous positions into which the animals have strayed. The unfortunate cow own here apparently attempted to jump through the fork of the tree, and was caught by its hindquarters. The fact remains, however, that the unfortunate animal was never re- leased from its queer position, and was diseovered by the anxious farm- er some days after its absence was noticed, hanging dead in the position shown. Grass That Induces Sleep. Sleepy grass is found in New Mex- ico, Texas and Siberia. It has a mest injurious effect on horses and sheep, being a strong narcotic or sedative and causing profound sleep or etupor lasting 24 to 48 hours. A horse after eating it is a pitiable object, its head and tail drooping, its body quivering and sweat pouring down its sides, ———___ This Strike Was Justifiable, A number of girls in a factory in Derby, Conn., went on a strike be- cause a Polish damsel scented the workroom by lunching on garlic and limburger cheese. femain secrets no longer. A WOMAN'S CRUSADE.| Princess Hairie Ben Ayad Reveals Some Harem Secrets. Turkish Marriage Laws Are Not So Very Bad, But Are Never En- forced—First Tarkish Wom- an with a Mission. “The secrets of the harem” are to) A Turkish | lady of high degree has just come to London to make a further expose. She proposes to bring a crusade against the degradation of her coun- trywomen, and after she has created a movement of reform to emanate, from England she will go to the Unit- ed States. 2 female knight errant of mod- ern ¢ is Princess Hairie Ben Ayad,! the wife of a former Turkish consul | at Rotterdam, who has espoused the cause of the “legitimist” party in Turkey, and has in consequence been condemped to prison for ten years. He escaped to England, and his wife has just joined him, after numerous exciting experiences. The party of the “legit ts” is in favor of the deposed Sultan Murad, the elder brother of the reigning monarch, Ab- dul Hamid. Murad has been in prison! at Constantinople for over 25 years, | and his party claims that all evils in Turkey would be righted if he were/ restored to power. | Princess Hairie bids fair to become | the latest London fad, and her move-) @yew Lord Mayor of I ments are chronicled as if she were a. personage of extraordinary impor- | tance. She possesses great beauty, having a face of unusual refinement for the somewhat heavy brunette type of the east, and she carries her- self in a regal way. She drives out with her husband frequently, but al- | ways veiled, wearing a long black) satin cloak and hood, from which the, veil hangs to the throat. In the house she loves to wear the close-fit- ting garments of the European. | She is, according to the Washing: | ton Star, a daughter of the late Ma- homond Pasha Ben Ayad of Tunis, | who represented his country at the court of France during the time of Napoleon IlI., and received several marks of honor from the emperor. He kept a magnificent harem of over 500, including his wives and female} slaves, so that his daughter knows of the things whereof she speaks, al-| though her own husband has not in- PRINCESS HAIRIE BEN AYAD. «Now in London, Where She Is Revealing the Secrets of the Harem.) dulged wives. in the luxury of so many She is the first Turkish lady set foot in Europe m on of making known the social condition of her native land, but she that there are many other women in Turkey who would come forth in like manner if they dared, and that they are keenly conscious of their miseries. The sultan seldom condescends to marry legally any of his wives, ac- cording to the princess, unless he takes a fancy to the wife of one of| his subjects who is powerful enough to refuse to give her up. The sultan then decrees her divorced and goes through the form of marrying her. 'f he becomes tired of a wife, one of iis royal ministers receives her as a »xresent, whether the minister wants ler or not. Another way of disposing of these wives is to present them to uis political enemies, who also dare | 1ot refuse them, and who thus take t spy into their own households in sonstant communication with the throne. A law exists which demands . girl’s consent to her marriage, but housands of them annually are foreed into marriages by their par-| “2 A woman can take legal steps ‘or a divorce if her husband misbe-| naves with another man’s wife, or| f he does not maintain her accord-} ng to his rank and wealth, or if his parents mistreat her. But the wom- *n are very few who dare to take advantage of this law. | The women of Turkey could be well | educated if the sultan and the re-| ligious teachers—who are his tools— | would permit. But they have recent- | ly banished the Egelish governesses from Turkish homes, and they oppose who has ever with the says the foreign schools, Catholic and! Protestant, which have been estab- lished among them. The princess speaks very Sighly of the American school for girls at Constantinople, which, she says, is liberally patron- ized by the daughters of advanced Mussulmans, no‘@ thstanding the op-| pesition of the sultan. “ te only thing in which the wom- =X score in Lurkey is in the “dot.” fhe husband must give a dowry to ‘iis wife—if he marries her by law— but what the wife brings remains still her own. Her husband has no ‘egal right to appropriate it. It is vrobable, however, that the poor Turkish woman, as a general thing, ‘ails to enjoy this right, as well as so ‘any others which are hers in law. “* net in reality, : —~— = OF Lae SE London City’s Chief Execat Sir Joseph Dimsdale. Sir Joseph Dimsdale, th, ney mayor of London, is "a otherwise he couldn't ha the luxury of accepting th year that the lord mayo: bi Yaying corner stoves, unveili,, ments, state dinners and wear whose made the queen of Sh¢ look by comparison as from a bargain sale. is expected to spend all o and, in addition, something equal amount out of his own po, on the various funct official will probably have strain than any of his for a generation past, because will be in office eoronation next J take a tremendous " ain the dignity of the city o occ sion. qualification for a lord sound digestion, breakfasts quired in the days before dy | been invented, est and seemly allowance { ne gentleman's dinner. HBesid s, there is a special qualification re jubilee had never appeared | city’s rights at coronation. law. ' THE NEW LORD Mayo i the Next Year Wii Be ag ar opening hosp gorgeousness us SIR JOSEPH I Line of Su t life. The ne t Besides wealth, the because dinners he and to give and receive traditions that had ow 4 and whe tles of port were consider quired of the and, fortunately, he has i s is that he horse well enough to n showing at the coronat incoming vor, should be able , at the time mayor lic on horseback in he require him to ride the poor man hurr some lessons. discovered that ened when the ¢g managed to stick o though with considera Sir J h ph, of a nity. fine and ire 1 be five w an honor whose hundred lord mayor he v Sir Joseph ing to be on th the metropolis of L« merely the haughty mile in the middle of | has a separate gover! police and a lot of an which have precious lit the liberty of its citizer deal to do with the import pomp of its officials. The alderman next position of lord mayor new, is named Mareus Sam EX-SENATOR REAGAN a 1 Contes Only Surviving Member 0 erate Cabinet Critically Il # His Texas Home. Judge John H. Re: ically ill at his home i is the only surviving member HON. JOHN H. REA (Only Surviving Member vis’ Cabinet.) eabinet of president of the tinguished o southern ge passing awa ago in Tennessce, almost a boy, i country. In 1 congress, and four yt signed his seat to become |! general and secret *, in Mr. Davis’ ¢: eading part in the recons the south as an advise Johnson and Secretary 1887 Texas made him « | senator. He will be reme® the author, with Senator (° Milinois, of the interstate Jefferson D