The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1901, Page 4

~ ‘Tre Bee. —PUBLISHED AT— NO. 1109, “I? STREET, WASHINGTON D.C W.cAUL IN CHASE. :? R. Entered att e Post Cfice atWa*hingon, DC cond-class mail matter. TABLISHED 1882. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ass $2.00 1.00 60 =2 One copy ;er year Six months Three months...... Lity subscibers, mont ily. NO COLOR LINE. Miss Noyes Appointed.-Recorder Cheatham Adheres to Civil Service -A Worthy Yeung Lady Appointed, Miss Nannie Noyes, who was first appoiated in the recorder of deeds offics by Mr. James C. Mat- thew of Albany, N. Y. Ex-Presi- dent Cleveland’s recorder of deeds, and who has been continually in the service of that «ffice and the oldest clerk in the office, has been appointed comparer of deeds vice Mr. H. Y. Arnett resigned. Miss Noyes is a refined, competent and worthy young lady and although she belongs to the Caucasian race, Cheatham followed strictly Civil Service rules in this appointment: and the evil designed persons who hava circulated the report that the recorderappointed a white lady in preference to a worthy competent colored lady isan'rue. Miss Noyes is the oldest clerk in the office and the failure of recorder Cheatham to appoint Mias Noyes to this va- cancy, when she is entitled to it, would have beca drawiag the col- orline, Mr, Cheathaini not that kind of official. He has the same reapect for one clerk as he has for apother and the appointment of Miss Noyes is highly indorsed by the bar, title companies, and the citizens of Washington. Miss Noyes ig a popular favorite among the clerks. She is sociable, sedate and everything that would com- mend her for the position to which | reeorder Cheatham has appoisted her. It is quite evident from the cougratulations that the recorder has received the appointment of Miss Noyes is entirely satisfactory | to the business public: | The [ndiasapolis World Cannot Un derstand The Action Of Prof. Booker T. Washington. From the Chicago Ii!’ Broad Ax. says that ‘Prof. Washington was Vory anxious to become a member of President McKinley’s cabinet,”’ and from that time to the preseut Prof. Washingten has assume? the responsibility of advisingthe Pres- jident how te shape his South- jern policy, how to fill the appoint- jive offic: in the South, etc. Yet | Prof. Washington would like to | make the ignorant believe he is not 'n polities. | Butit appears to us that Prof. | Washington is endeavoring to ac- jcomplish the audacious feat of rid- ling two separate and distinct po- litical horses in opposite directions at the same time. He may possess diplomacy enongh to do so, but we doubts it.” Prof, Washington is jn politics up to his veck and his henchmen aredeclaring that adeal will behad before long. S»meef them have declared that he has had an under standing with the President and before long Sonthern negro republi can representatives will be supplant- ed and northera negro republicans appointedin their places. White men may attempt to thrust apea the negro race purgative leaders who will do their bidding and srimming, but the rank and file of the negro rece will put a vetoon any such scheme, Some white men like a negro they cin use against the masses of his pocple, batch: negro race will s2e that is is wot done. Prof. Washington his bit off, jast a little more thar bs can chew, mark the Bse’s pradi tion. Obio’s Greatest Negro. Among the many mea in the State of Ohio, there is none who is any more honor to the neg.'o race, any other negro-ths honorable J hn P. Green. As a speaker, this gentle- man has no equals. THe Bee must admit that the Northern negro has been ignored and while that is a fact he should not attempt the value the South. to depreciate brethara in All Negroes of any in of his ized by all administrations , The tions of the country negro in all see | | should act, politically, as the whit« man acts, ever it is to his interest to go. It i, a matter of impossivility for the masses of the It is significant that Mr. Booker T. Washiugton should sug- gest a refutation of some of the remarks credited to him in his in- terview with the President at tire White House on Southern ap- pointments and a denial by his private secretary of any reported interview anent the Roosevelt din- mer that might be sent out by am- bitious but unauthorized per cerrespoadents. We say sig- nificant becauss wien Mr. Wash- iugton waa in Chicago, during the meeting of the mombera of the National Negro Business Men's League, he positively refused, though beseeched by newamritere, tv express 4n opinion on the Pierce City (Mo) outrage, lest the meaning he might wish to convey be misconstrued in the public prints. Why Walter Wellman, per- haps the most reliable newspaper correspondent in Ameriea, should make Mr, Washington appear in the dirty garb of # politician, we cannot understand, and are at a loss of worde for explanation '-- Japisnapelis World. it must be remembered that Pref. roeker T. Washington was a delegate to the Republican Na- tional Convention held at St. Louis in 1896, that during the procred- ings of the convention he was selected to second the nomination of Thomas B. Reed, but Mark Hanna bouzht up most of the col- ored delegates who came up frum the South shouting for Reed, and free silver, and the result was that Reed's preaidential boom collapsed and Prof. Washington was not called upon to secondhis nomiua- tion, but after Major McKinley's lection to the presidency, T Thomas F srtaie, who is the bos om freni of Prof. Washington wr news pa- negro to rise, but where there isone or many who should recognition, jeal- ously and treachery should be eli- minated. QOhio’s greatest nezro is the honorable John P. Green of Cleveland. receive Not Time: From the Times Speaker. Ex-Congressman George H. White of Norsh Carolina has been bounteous- ly fed at the Republican pie counter; and for our part, we feel as ifhe should go way back and sit down and allow Presicent Roosevelt to give other Afro Americans a few plums. There are many black boys who are more de- serving than Mr. White, and we would like to see them recognized. The great trouble with many neg- roes in thiscountry is, that tiey are too mean and narrow minded. After white men leave Coazeess tha firse thing they get is a big fat job. Whyshoa!d ex-Congressman White be ignored? H+» is the most honest negro representative that has been in Congress. He is reliable and honest and unlike thousasda of negroes from the North, South, fast and West, you may relie on what he says, He is too honest for some people and no: rascal enough for others Where is any one more deservining than Mr, White? Name a few of them. He made an honorable record in Uongress and has been manly in expressing himself. He has been true to his people, more so than they have been to him, If Mr. White was a sycophant, a kuave, @ sringer, atrimmer and an apo.igis ae would not have to go way back ind sit down.’”’ Honest men are often ignored, Itis not time for aim to go back and sit down. When Will That Be? From the Afro-American Ledger. ‘The negroes of Alabama will have lo go way back andsit down. [vis sail thitonaly five per ceat. an come clean euvugh to voce and yet he has received less, than | systematically | portauce or value should be reeog- | He should g> where-! \ | | | esteemed con temporary when that | helped by the ma | her arms and THE WASHinvu SON in the f.ture elactions of that) state. Next ! Indianapolis Free- man. Well just wait and see. We guarantee that when Tuskegee gets through teaching the Negroes to buy land and get money in the bank, the white folks will have to goway back and do the sitting dows act The Bee begs leaye to ask its willbe? Can the Tuskegee Insti- tute cease bogging long enough to allow its students to purchase lands after graduation? Tuskegee muct | go way back and sit down first. BULL STARTED BACK. (¢ Would Not Attack a Woman Made Up as a Statue. Perilous Performance of Senorita Mercedes del Barte, Known as Denno Tancreda, Beautital Queen of Valor, According to a London correspond- ent there appeared, a few weeks ago, some alluring advertisements which! were especially attractive to those) Parisians who love excitement, and who had had their appetite for such | things tickled by the races of the Rue) Pergolese. The attraction this time | was a woman, Donna Tancreda, who, | made up to resemble a statue, was to | await, motionless in the arena, the a» sault of the bull, and to conquer it by her immobility. At the last moment this performance, which was to have taken place at Enghein, was forbidden It did, however, take place at Roubaix Here is an exact account of what hap pened at the “suerte” of the statue: At a given signal from the president, | the doors of the arena opened and a magnificent carriage appeared, draped in red velvet, fringed with gold. In this carriage sat Senorita Mercedes del Barte, alias Donna Tancreda. The “Queen of Valor” is dressed com. pletely in white. dier face and hair are powdered. The carriage stops just in front of the presiding party, and she gets out, smiling and bowing, ané throws off her mantle, talking with the ushers while the attendants arrange in | the middle of the arena a pedestal of wood about two feet high. When allis ready the impresario addresses the public, and begs them to observe the most rigorous silence during the per formance. ‘ is indispensable. Then Donna Tancreda mounts the pedestal, | adors. She crosses} the door frow emerge. The like a marble! opty. All the hind the The deepest auditorium. Then the fac THE BULL STOPS SHORT. docr opens, and one sees in the shadow the enormous head of the bull Gitano. The spectators hardly breathe; many of the women cover their eyes with their hands. It is a terrible moment. The bull is a superb animal, with a powerful neck and long, straight horns. He raises his head, looks; around, and at once bounds upon the white statue. It if with the greatest difficulty that one can restrain a cry of horror; one’s sensations are too painful, and a long endurance of such emotion would be unbearable. Donna Tancreda is as rigid as mar ble. The least movement would be fatal to her. The bull starts back, looks at his strange adversary, and then witha terrible bound rushes up to the pedes- tal. Anxiety is at its height. But once more the bull stops short without striking. He draws hack a few feet, and, taking «dvantage of this, Donna Tancreda jumps down and rushes be hind a screen, whilst the ushers draw off the bull. ‘The people breathe again. A long sigh escapes from all, and then thun- ders of applause are heard, and the “Queen of Valor” gets a tremendous | o¥ation. Donna Tanereda, who was born in Paris, has appeared with success at Barcelona, Valentia, Castile, Madrid, Seville and, for the first time in France, at Roubaix. saimon’s Tremendous Jump, One of the directors of the Nor- wegian fisheries has been endeavor- ing to discover the height a salmon will leap when clearing a waterfall which obstructs its passage upstream. | Masts were placed below the fall to insure accurate measurements. it is stated that a fish can leap to the height of 20 feet. When a fish failed to clear the fal! at one bound it re- mained in the falling water, and then, with a rapid twist of the body, gave a soring and was successful. _——— | | front hall ‘T was mounting u all | ° BEn GOT HOME AT LAST. Story of a New Yorker Who Climbed Above Mathematics. Unique Progress to His Flat of a Late Diner Who Could Count Only to Two-How He Cut the Gordian Knot, 1er the other night,” sai P lem toa?) had an adventure which shows the ad a scientific mind. apartment elevator at 1 1, on this night hed the house an hour or so after me of the last trip. st there was the front door to get open, but with the of my night ntage of | You see, I house, h down before or door and tried to reason out the situation. Half an hour more and the thing was as plain as day. If I wanted to get to my apart- ment on the fourth floor t I'd have to wa I rested aw then started ups Of course, the halls and stairways were all I would have to count each fii know when I was at my own do “‘One flight,” I counted. flights.’ Then when I was half-way up a flight I suddenly realized that I wasn’t sure whether I was still on the second flight and had counted it as I got to it or whether I was on the third flight and was waiting to count it when I reached the end of it. Of course, there was only one thing to do, and I did it. I went down to the ain and after another rest gain. half an hour. the locked elevat started upstairs “‘One flight,’ I d, as I put my foot on the first step. ‘Two flights,” I d as I struck the first step of the second flight. What a beautiful thing method, I thought. There I was tangled up in ~ vular quagmire of stairflights on ‘st trip, and here automobile with a Not only is method a WITT j j CLEAR AS MUD. aps three ts ofs n my rapt cons s of airs method weary of my her a e fourth floor of th nor of the elaborate sy <e sure of my counti I tried it four or five every time I failed unforeseen flaw ly found mysel ng on the I thought it see no hope, fur mes more an on account of some y system and g and per- e front hall. 3 own those feeble, rs until I was a dold man. The picture w d that I got out my handkerchief Then I set to I at 1 make a final effort chi®Wren agai “One point was as clearas mud. In al] my trips over those stairs I had al- e of my count up and nding two flights. It was only when I tried to mount beyond the second that I plunged into a dark mathemat- ieal abyss. I stated this over to my- self several times so there could rot be any dark corners in the idea to be overlooked. I thought some more. “After that I smiled. It’s a great thing to have a ntific mind. It was too easy. I was in my own bed and asleep ins of 15 minutes. You couldn't guess it in a thousand years. I started upstairs again. Oh, no, I didn’t count a flight. I simply went up. One flight—two flights—three flights—I didr't know which and didn’t care. By and by I came to the roof. It’s a six-story house, as I said be- fore. And you remember that I also TI was sure of my count as far as and inchiding two flights? Well, I counted down two flights, went in and erawled into bed.” would o see mmy wife and A Floral Weather Prophet. A flora] weather prophet js the raari- gold. fine, the flower opens about five or six o’clock in the morning; but weather is to ensue, the marigold does not open at all. = Pavement Destroyed by Ants, Ants have been burrowing under the brick pavements of Council Bluffs, Ia., and removing the sand. One street, for a distanee of several blocks, has thus been rendered unfit for travel. but could When the day is going to be} if wet} WITCH’S PROPHECY. Man Commits Suicide in Fulfillment of a Tradition Handed Down for Centuries, The Denver (Col.) correspondent of the Chicago American writes that with the suicide of William Rorke in Ana-| conda the last male descendant of the Von Rorke family, prominently identi- fied with early German history, has passed away. His suicide was the ful- fillment of a tradition handed down for eenturi and the ancignt prophesy had preyed on Rorke’s mind for years. The information has been given to} his frien that Rorke committed suicide to escape his cred-| itors, but Wilhelth D. Grosse, of West- n Anaconda THE WITCH OF FEUDAL DAYS. | and unles | purpose. | long, long time, s phalia, Mich., who knew Rorke’s fam-| ily in Germany and later in New York, | s this story: | The Von Rorke family in the feudal | days was one of the strongest and| most warlike families in Germany. It is told that the first Baron von Rorke was the head of a band of marauders. | That was in the seventeenth century and after a bloody battle the old baron, | whe had joined the king’s forces and j had been knighted and placed at the head of a command, destroyed the des- perate remnants of his old following. | From a hill near his castle came an old woman of the same stripe as the Von Rorke| ealamities for his Among other things she foret« the last four male members of the fam- ily would die by their own hands. The Von Rorkes lived and prospered for generation after generation. A good many years ago the only family c Amerie: of Von Ror! When they arrived on Amer. es they dropped the prefix 2 became plain “Rorkes.” The family did not prosper here as they hac of their wo until they we cake ican | “vo } d much father’s ded Willi til he, t I n two weeks he was the t memt ly preyed upon his mind a srosse he expresse that he wou!d not be abe to stand the strain. THE CHAMPION GLUTTON. Eats Sixty Raw Eggs in Fourteen | - Minutes Without Material In- jury to Himself, Philip Nelloy, of Dubuque, Ia., has been crowned the ronomic wonder of the world. He ate 60 raw eges in 14 ATE SIXTY RAW EGGS. minutes, which was six minutes within the time in which he agreed to get away with five dozen eggs. The eater fed himself, and it was crack and swal- low with such rapidity that he ap- peared to be juggling with eggs. Once in awhile a little bit of yellow trickled down Nelloy’s chin, but it was not enough to meet the objection of | the referee, and the fellow who offered | the wager also began to look “yellow.” | The swallowing process continued to the amazement of the spectators, and | at the end of 14 minutes a1] but three , of the five dozen eggs produced at the beginning had been downed. The rea- son that these three were not swal- lowed was that they had chickens in them, the agreement being that any bad ones met with would count as though they had been eaten. j and | The A GOOD INVESTMENT Thrifty Georgian Makes Mo, ey by Running a Church, y Is Not a Religious Man an Adept at Turning Bey Honest Penny—Scheme Hane: “T have hea kees are,” about fr as Georgia. I | the poor part « | Georgian —and unli had a little money deal, perhaps, but e some swing if a worth conside needs of the community building, but for year seen their way clear tot one. There were people the neighborhood to house, but there were der differences, and they cx they did no or ise funds sv Thus the tion could in the woods in s cabins in winter. “Now, it happened man was not a member of s0 that he could look upc dispassionately, a caleulation or cluded he would tz build a ch got a few assu odists and B very encou that the hum on, espec known, went 4 very good their bask | Tha a new departu r Methoc vered there nomina handed a s by the s thanks 1 went home happy that house in i “Before man deli sermons was a ons was ; they The | after some hagg day was a great one for Cr odism. The next Sunday th determined not to be out church at the same figur was a big time. Then c copalians, for a Sunday or two ‘scattering’ and again for the Methodists, just as game as ever. In the = time, to show that he meant thrifty man offered the ch an hour and a half morning for the holdi Sunday school for the « was a boon an man mightily. with servi denomination or other s they could pay, and no and at the end of the y made a calculation and that his investment ha cent., net. When I the church was s rate, and the thr'fry money back, and v lars ahead of the dea ey Free Dinner at a Farers! There was a rems e at the funeral of Dr. J Kutztown, Pa. Before h's provided that every one funeral should have ever 1,000 persons availe of his offer at the two where arrangements feed the multitude. Purely Civitized Atlment It isa remarkable fact that ‘«" ages have ever been known ‘°° = RE =f w sat