The Washington Bee Newspaper, May 10, 1902, Page 1

1 FIRESIDE COMPANION. ; true if you see it in THE BEE. . | E: we RORROW THIS PAPER PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. Do you want Teattese She Be RERY ADVERTISING MEDIUM. = ©? news? Do you wante race De ROSE FROM POVERTY | —— | A. Riis Who May Govern the Danish Antilles- } 1 raggles of Noted New York r Man and His Later sacs Should Be an In- ration to Thousands, | | | rprise of news- | > here ever since | to office some posi- biographer, Ja- New York. Not that from the hands He is the world from ap with a good on his home on R as the news “eps up his e headquar- pull with the Roosevelt was ito some | a knowl- as it is tect a piece nger and verlook. The work has been | | younger s that he for- e sticks te sent away a national ke his | vernor | n they come | However, . not a Denmark, and, de- | he still - ee | | ps he thinks he can he Danish islands ng there and trying rd ericans as he ife in Denmark as «father's shop. While. in love with a lit- » station, and served r, even as Jacob Rachel. ‘Then npelled her to refuse vill not be necessary to Danish girl again it is that years after- ¢ beeame Mrs. Riis. pent Riis came te ts migrant and met of immigrants in was scoffed and ill- ery hand. He became a ff discouragements men out of six to test book he admits New York pier, one night, s. H fiv pping quietly inte erless dog ap- sympathy. He took | on, slept with | robbed of a locket f his loved one’s Nair cious. ce stat nt be- t incident | rrent of Riis’ life. ecome a reporter | quities of the New | ng time to get there. | vith gang of men | iron works, on | river, Pennsylvania. | n existence now. He he brickyards of New ped we in the for- | \fter a long, hard nds in Philadelphia and a new hope experience what- in advertisement, \ Long Island news- | That failed. | reets of New York, | “1 ndinary took it to the office f some ¢ ewspaper. Tt secured He became ac- | | ns 4 1 was ap in a police court . Ume on the road ta sne- | Sagacity. | anable to leav ltee becomes crushed and we stand WASHINGTON, }). C. SATURDAY MAY 10, 1902. NO. 49° 2s WaS easy got New York newspapers in all the chan- nels of ne I of his main purpose—the alleviation of the poor, small parks, and better tenement houses. His book, “How the Other Half Lives,” r continents John Burns, the English labor »0d schools Je his name on two leader, used to quote from it at mass meet. ings in London when he was urging the workingmen not to emigrate, bu‘ to stay at home and fight for their rights. * HAILED AS PROPHET. Postmaster Generat Payne Consid- ered an Infallible Political Prog- nosticator by His Friends, Mr. Henry C. Payne, the new post- master general, is a remarkable type of the modern political leader who dominates by the same kind of genus which builds vast fortunes.‘ A sound capacity for organization; a shrewd judgment of men; an imperturbable mentality which accomplishes its pur- poses by means of intellectual instead of emotional processes—these are felt to be the principal characteristics of the man who is spoken of among the | party leaders as the “political mem- ber” of President Roosevelt's cabinet No trait of Mr. Payne’s character is more conspicuous than his political | | Among newspaper men he is held to-be a political prophet with- out a peer. The manner in which his reputation was earned is decidedly in- teresting. In the campaign of 1896 Mr. Payne declined to give out any estimates until a fortnight before election. ealled into his room at national repub- Then the reporters lican headquarte a slip of paper a list of states which, in his opinion, would give their elec toral votes for Mr. McKinley. Mr Payne’s estimate was printed in the newspapers of the west, and when the returns came in it was found that he had made a mistake in regard to only | one st . There is, however, another side to |his nature known only to his most in- | This, says the Phila- | timate friends lelphia Saturday Evening Post, is his jevotion to his wife, who has but re- cently escaped from a period of i: validism which extended over many years. For much of that time she was | r room and suffered To lessen her pain and bring life gleams of brightness have formed the dominant purpose of his life. His devoti the most inte » he her has been of a rarely tender and | untiring kind. Hint for American Solons, When a dog in Japan disturbs the aeighLors by barking at night, its owner is arrested and sentenced to work a year for the disturbed neigh- bors. The dog never barks again, for | he ia at once pnt to death. Old Locomotive Rnagineer, John MeCurdy recently completed his fiftieth year as engineer on the Michigan Central railroad, and a though 70 years of sge, makes daily trips between Michigan City and Jack- on, 153 miles. — THE PASSING SHOW. Perfectly awful are the details furn ishing us the info mation concerning the inhuman excesses credited opr rmy in its operations against the Islaad of Samar one of the gr -up be longing to the Phil:ppinonic archipel- ag. “Kill all natives over ten and make thetsland a howling wilderness ’ * War is hell” and we may adde enai damnation providing the tactics e! General Smith are taken as a conduct to that end; but this is te exception and not the rule. Only such acts of | retaliation become neccessary when brute meets brute. To advise the slaughter and killing of an innocen , defenseless and haltstarved peop! , making all under ten note izibleto 'e fate iu question, is by nomeansm- 1} fal Lhe issual ofsuch an urdainm = t would scarcely eminate from the 1) of a savage, but whena_ brigadier general, clothed in a military toga, that stands for honer, freedom and he | es* equiessence of a pure civi iza tion gives fuith an edict of this kind, ailthat is just and right in manly vir- gl omily by,tel.ing the whe le universe, that to ‘kill all over ten and m ke the island a howling wilderness,” doesn’t mean that, but something en rely different, Sich arguement to the more sensible outlook is merctwilightfane 4 Th- English la giage is too p'am, tou weil construc.cd, to » weil supplied te be so entirely ambiguous. | he} whole matter is this: General Smith | were | s, and he read from | ion to] work on the | ly investigated and justice dealt acuid a ingly. The uniqueness of the cae annals. | Mis Chas H. Wilson who has l een confined to her bed by illness for the | last two months, has sufficiently re= | covered to be out of dan; er. 4 | Miss Ida Madden, who teacles at | Glendale, Md., was in town las! week. | Miss Madden looks wel: and e. joys excelent health, P The annuai competitive ari!l of the High school Cadets takes place the seventeenth of this month. The bovs are working hard, e cht eling confi- dent of victory. | The first victim of the new “jim crow”’ car law now in useon the Alex- andria and Mount Vernon Railway | proved to be the humiliation of Mrs. - M. Donnell, a peaceful and well behaved colored lady. She boarded the train last Friday evening end |reseryed for white patrons. She was not disturbed until the Virginia side was reiched and large partition signs were exhibited, bearing the w« rd col- jored. The conductor requested her |tu nove, saying that the seats in the rear were exclusively for colored peo | | took a seatin the portion of the car! no individual be hurt We have pic ty of men worth from $15,000 \o Sut he never lost sight | Will stand solitary torever upon our! $20,000 and quite a number of p5009 dsiiai men. Now so far as the upset- ing of our new constituticn is concern- ed if they so desired they would quiet- ly coniribute sufficient funds to pose cule their rights. My experience with |my people is that they want many righ’s the price of which they are not! willing to pay. Our constitution his t oplens, onc atemporary plin, p ¢- v ding for the registration of ail per-! sons whose ancestors fought in any of! the wars; this is the Grand Daddy | ¢ ause; the other section of the tempo ary plan provides for all persons of good character and who understands ithe duties of citizenship under a Re |publican form of government. Now this second section of the temporary p':n vas putin by the colored men's| frie: ds in the convention. It is also| provided that should the registratrs refuse to register a person he has the} {right of appeal to the Ciresit Court and the issue is to be tried bya ‘tury. I have tried to conyince our leading | colored men that it is their individual } duty, shou!d they be refuse! r-gistr.e) | tion to employ counsel and } rosecute their rights inthe courts. This would have a salutory effect, for many rea-| sons; in the first case, the courts would | | EDWARD H, DEAS, OF DARLINGTON, 5S. C Who will Lead His Delegation to the next Convention for Senator Fairbanks, i ple. She protested claiming she had piid her fare and was entitled to sit wherever she pleased. When the t ain reached Payne Street sfe at- t mpted to dismount, but was sudden- ly seized by the conductor at d trolley man, two strapping burlies. Mrs. M Donnell, being a lady of a very petitey Ppysique was soon overpowered and | detained unti! the train reached Royil street, An officer was called and she wasescoried to the Station House. The case came up the tollowiug morn- ing. The _maxiaum pena'ty is $25, ‘the minfmiim is fs Mayor Simpson commenting on the affair sa d since it was the first offence the fine woud be $5 We should endeavor touse this road as little as possible. A bus system be— tween here and Alexandria would be an excellent contra distinction. The decemt and ever self priced citizen would rather be a little longer on the road and free to sit wherever his money carries him than to be confired likea lot of chickens, threatend by liw, 1f a word of resentn:ent is given. Keen Observaties, ‘ “De you know anything about the people who have moved next door?” she inquired. “Not much,” he answered; “except that their honeymoon is not yet over.” “How did you find that out?” “By observing. It was raining when he cathe home this evening, but she did not make him stop at the front door to wipe his feet.”—Washington Star. What He Would Need. “My friend,” exclaimed the eloquent minister, “were the average man te turn and look himself squarely eves and ask himself what he really needed most, what would be the first reply suggested to his mind?” “A rubber neck!” shouted the preco- nad no ides his internal sheme would | cious urchin in the rear of the room. ever reac Lhe Continents and the} people whose blad he sought by | sword and flame, being darked -kinn e and deprived of civil equipment, | must yield, if not by arbitration, than worst | by brutality, brutality of the form, We must even pass by the un | feell ng He od. He spsred the paens ordering the children to deaih; bu. onr ‘Weyler reverses th lever, men women and children over ten must go, | Ing the article Jeaving the remaining ten ter brood t« pe ish, f rtoc young o1ae for ther + seiv. S. that result must tullow. Smil,’. drastic measures are not even excusable on the assump lon that it rf for |ted as una oida le and legitimate, for | k rene a phe ilization should | half dozen co.ured persons whe could, fir were, Americanc +a eamill stone hun ink tothe bout m ot cean We have offer as to what aime spore Ue nade cf those guilty of so grav charge. The action should be throuh- > its neck and | 10 sUsgestion to) MISS the monry. —Tit-Bit — THE BEE INDORSED. Editor of the Be [read with care your leader “Let Good Judgement |not reirain from writiegs you t dors 1 took this same posi- tion in a letter to a friend of mine who wrote me concerning amerting to he G u.jhad in Montgomery. ihe meeting was had amid much fus- and feateers and meager amounts were coniribt - We have ightin Moutgoucry a desired, contribute easily fthey so the deepest | five hundred dollars apiece and not We have all over ra } ly able to this state scores of . en amply contribute sufficient funds to employ the best talent mthe United States prevail."" i) can- | e bocked with cases over the right O register; the white peorle weuld naturally be divided foreac! white an j would want his ‘Nigger’ registered | and every Negro in the south who is | of any force has some strong white jfriend. The ‘‘outs’’ (whites) always welcome any issue on the “‘ins’’ The perroanent plan excludes al! persons except those who owna cer tain amount of property &c. In oth- er words after 1903 the Grand Father elause ix dead ‘They r-pistered me right along. I was a delegate to he St. Louis and Philadelphia National Conventions It seems to me that what comes to our people must be brought t. them gratis or else they will not get it. I have feund but few willing to make anv sacrifices. I had this experience when Booker Washington, myself and others, were lobbying with the Con stitutional ‘ onvention. [ was Chair- man of the meeting that issued the ad dress to the Constitutional Conven- ‘ion on behalf of our peopla. Yours truly, H Ad. Wimbs. NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN League of U. S.. Organizied Murch 4. 1901 John G, Jones, Pres., 3717 Armour ' Ave.. Chicago, Ill., H.C. smith, rst + Vice President, Cleveland, Onio; W A. Pledger, 2nd Vice-President, Aulan ta,Ga; J. E, Hawkins, 3rd Vice-Pres: dent, Seatt'e,, Washington; James H n the | Guy, ath Vice-President, Topeka, Kan | sas‘ A M Thomas, 5th Vice-Preside. t, Buffalo, N. Y., W. +. Morris, 6th Vice- President, Mincapoiis, Minn.; Edward H. Morris, Attorney, Chicago, lil; Geo. L.. <nox, General Treasurer, in- dianapo is, Ind.; W. Calin Chas+, General Secretary, Washington, D. C;) L. Thompson, A Decrelary, } Des Moines, lowe; John A. Bell, Asst’ Secretary, Grand Rapids, Mich, }XECUTIVE COMMITTEE } A. Fuinss, } W. Laylor, ludianapolis, dalt Lake Cily, Utah; kK. M. Deas Darlington, S Casolina; | F. C. Brown, Jacksovilic, florida, E. ( ntdiey, lopeka Kansas; Rev Anurew M. Jackson, Pittsburg, Pa.; William J. Campbell, Cenual Giiy, Ky.; Edward M. Boykin. sburg, Pa., George W. | Gough. Auu Arb r, Mich. | Fikst: The object and purpose of lithe National Atro American Republi- | can }-cague of the United states will be tocducate and instruct the people in Kepulican Politics and organize re. | returning to their duties or going to |jail. They chose the former. lingvon, one of the best known and | | the city, and father of James R. Robert {died at 12:35 a.m. Sunday .norning | yearly. James Hill, Jackson, Miss; Dr. S.| 7 publican clubs in each state and territo| ry in the union; to distribute literature, and to arouse an interest among the colored people in republican politics and to work tor the interest, advance- | ment and success of the republican party. | >sCOND; The number to“ organize a subordmate repub'ican. club shail be | not less .han fifteen (15). Each club| shall consist of a president, fifst and | second vice-president, secretary and | treasurer and executive committee of | five ; THIRD: Each republican me gi th t| has been permanently organized will @ entilied to one delegate in the unnucl session in the National Afro Ameri-| can Republican League of the Unised | States. FrouRTH: Each republican club will send in a list of the officers and mem- bers oftheir club once a yearto the president and general secretary. the next convention will be held at Springfield, Ohio, August 15, 1902. JURORS GO ON STRIKE, Revolt Because They Are Forced to Serve with Negro. From the Memphis Tenn, Citizen South McAlester, I. T., April 26.— The Federal grand jury in session here struck yesterday and refused to do its duty because W. S. Webber,a negro and editor of a local paper, was placed onthe juryas a substitute. It was called into court by Judge Clayton‘ who gave the jurors the alternative of A Good Man Gone. Mr, jamee Evens, of South Wash- | most afflable citizens of that section of and Eddie Eveus and Mrs. Mary Gross, May 4. He was buried from the First Bap- tist Church Wednesday afternoon at 1o’clock. Mr. Evens was a good father and an industrial citizen. I'e was a prominent member of the Good Samaritans and a man who stood high in the community. The funeral serv-| ices were very impressive Americans as Frog Eaters, It is estimated that the people of the United States eat 2,000,000 frogs These frogs are sought for in all parts of the country, furnishing a paying industry net only for the hunt- ers of them in theic natural haunts, but for scores of persons who have frog farms. WATSON’S PARK. Grand Opening May 15—\lis Second Season. One ofthe most refreshing resorts | \in the city and onethat is highly re spectable and where families may go |on private picnicsis Watson’s Park, Md.. conducted by Mr. A. D, Watson ja well known and highly enterprising citizen of Washington This ia Mr. | Watson’s second season and the im provements that he has made, since! last vear, for the accommodation of} his many patrons, are many. New summer booths have been erectad; new tables and many other new conven- iences. Mr. Wat.on will serve meals at all hours at a reasonable price. Churches, wrivate parties, and clubs are respectful y requested to send in their names for dates. This park may he.reached by every car line in the city and a glane@at the advertisement in this week’s Bre will give you full direct‘ons. May 15 is the general opening at this park and the card of Mr. Watson to the public will fully explain itself. sccond season. “To my friends and public: I cordi- ally extend an invitation to my friends, pairons andthe publie to vttend the Gran | Opening of my park on Thurs day May 15, 1902 trom 1 p.m. till 12 a.m_ on which occasion a full brass band will be in attendance. There will be a free colation which will con sist of meats and refreshments in sea sen, Plank shad etc. * Good car servic:. Notice figure hand pointing to the park, Respectfully, A. D. Watson. Season Tickets Via B..& 0. R. R on Sale May 1st. Beginning May rst, the Baltimore & | Ohio R. R. will commence the daily) isale of regular Summer Excursion | | tickets, limited to Oct. 31st returning, | to all Seaside, Mountarn and Spri.g| |resorts, at greatly reduced rates. | and service cheerfully given at Ticket | Full information ax te the rates, routes | stance, falling on her knees. FATE SEEMED CRUEL But It Laid the Foundation of Per« manent Happiness. Young Countess Thauked Heaven When Her Handsome Lover Wasa Stricken Blind by the Dis- charge of a Musket, Here, for once, a charming girt thanked Heaven that the man she loved had been stricken blind. This affecting story is told by Count de la Garde-Chambonas in his book, “Anecdotal Recollec the Congress of ions of ate ee apropos of “a young man whose eyes were covered with a black bandage, and who was guided through the crowd by a young ialy whose face was hidden by a thick veil.” The young man was Count Theo- dore Hadrick, who, being engaged to marry Constance, the lovely daugh- ter of Count Amady, went to join the Hungarian army at Pesth at the head of his vassals: “Theodore, in virtue of several sig- nal actions, deserved the cross con- ferred upon him by the chapter of the Order of Maria Theresa, a dis- tinction considered one of the fore- most in the annals of chivalry. But while the young supped full with glory, Constance had been car- ried to the brink of the grave by a cruel illness. Stricken down by am attack of most virulent smallpox, she hovered for a long time between life and death. The doctors, while s ing her, could not prevent the face which had been one of the most beautiful from almost hideous. She was only allowed to look at herself when she was on the high road to recovery. Vien man becoming “The sight..as you may imagine, filled her with and, vineed that The despair, con- ore could no longer love her under such conditions, she ardently prayed for death. In vain her father and Comte Hadiek tried Haunied by the hor- rible dread of being no longer wor- thy of her betrothed, she refused to be comforted, and the young girl was to reassure h “GOD BE PRAISED” simply dying of despair, there being not the fainest hope felt. “Nevertheless, one morning when she was nestling in the arms of her father, who bade her live at least for him, the servant, who had accom- panied Theodore to the war sudden- ly rushed into the apartment, an- nouncing the immediate coming of his master, whose voice, a moment afterward, was heard outside. “‘Constance, Constance, where art thou?’ “At that voice, so dear to her, the young girl, lacking the courage to fly, covered her face with her hand« kerchief and her hands. “*Do not come near me, Theodore; I have lost my beauty. I have no longer anything to offer thee but my 1 hear? nee!" Thou wouldst only re« coil at seeing me.” ““What does it matte is the same, Constance I can no longer see thee.” “She raises her eyes and Theodore was blind. The charge of a musket had deprived him of his But look at , if thy love Constance, looks. sight. “God be praised!’ exclaimed Con- ‘Theo- dore, we shall be united, for thou Office 707-15 St., 619 Pa. Ave. and De pot N. J. Ave. and C. THE RIVER QUEEN. | The River Queen under the Man-} agement of Mr. L. J. Woollen is open) ried. for business. Co at once and select your i'‘ATE, }gu t still love me. [| shall be thy ; yes, I shall be to thee as L was in the first moments of « love, ea fand thou shalt be able to love me | still.” “Shortly after that-they were mar- Never was there a couple sa | deserving of happiness more really |happy than they. The countess takes her husband everywhere, never | J. Warner, Chariette, N. Carliona;5,| HOME SEEKERS AND COLO- | leaving his side for a moment.” NISI’S RAT*S VIA B. AND O. | R. 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