The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 23, 1902, Page 1

_ ee © PAPER FOR THE, PEOP 1 FIRESIDE COMPANION, , it is true if you see it in THE BEE. O REILLY I CHOSEN. Succeed Gen. Forwood as Sur- geon General. through the Civil War and an Campaigus— . ral in . Physician to President and. gnated Col. O'Reilly, of the med- the army to be sur- William who wi eed Gen mbent, age Septemt now in charge ¢ nent of the depart- at San Francisco. 1 native of Pennsyh t ite of the medical University of Penn- the regular as anacting med- erved at the Germantown, Pa., Cuyler rafter he was i cadet, and was at the 2, and at the general al, Nicetown, 5, when he was iration of service, r reappointed med- town hospital and | next tothe il, Philadelphia. appointed an rank of Cont he accom- California and Ari Mud Springs, Cal., Oc s Ww sd by the of a revolver and varracks for treat- itil February scout duty in unmer of 1869. chief medical »per Arizona, geon at Fort Hal- RT OREILLY. of the United cavalry, on the N. M.. and was field in | October, 1 Nebraska and Wyom- n of the Sioux | | Si4 eturned east and t Fort McHenry, | N. Y.; Fort On- | and At- i © ottice of din October, } wi und was the ind Mrs, Cleve- | rostile | t's family physi Clev e was sent to Port 1 ained there one transferred to Mo- € served with the that station at © Spanish war, and tenant colonel and | He was | rgeon of the First and then chief rth army corps at n. Schwan. He | “tees f the commission ap- | t winter camps forthe | nteers, | zed for the war. At the | , the war he was granted sick | B |. ence and assigned to spe- | ti o,, 2! Vashington, remaining un- te * 1895, when he proceeded Cuba, as &@ member of al LE | onr’t BORROW THIS PAPER assigned succes- | | been ascertained that fe TURDAY AUGUST 23, 1902. — board of to December 28, speci olfieers. From Oe. n on the staff of ident of the commissio Gen | Wade, } nor | the Spa | the division of Cuba until November 11 ; 1899, when he was transferred to F | Monroe and placed | Josiah Simpson General hospital, December, 1901, he was assigned | duty at San Francisco as chief j of the department | his present assignment. | STATISTICAL DATA. ate law than a thi of the republic s @nd towns hav acted prohibition la Alabaia In 50 out of 66 counties. Arkansas—In 50 out of 7 > countie California—In 175 cities and towns. Colorado—In 50 cities and towns. 75 out of 125 towns Delaware—In f yh Florida—In 30 ou | Connecticut—In | of 45 towns | Georgia—The whole of the state ex | cept four cities. | Ilinois—In 650 cities and towns. | Indiana—In 140 towns | YTowa—The whole of the state e xcept | 23 cities | Kansas—The Kentucky | Louisiana ; | Maine—The | In 400 cities and towns. In 400 cities and towns. In 71 out counties In s4 « tie hm few counties Nebraska—Ir 0 cities and towns.} New Hampshire—The whale of the state New Jersey—In 200 cities and t | New York—Iy7 t North Carolina—In 60 out d¢ West Virginia—In 40 out of 54 coun- PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE. Phe sea urchin has five jaws, each with a sit e tooth t lay 14,000,000 eggs in a sea- son and cod 9,000,000. Nine specimens of a kind of butter- how extinct in England were re- 1898, he was ort}, 7 1 in command of the | Treasurer, Grand Rapid In - to} Selena C. hief surgeon fully 39,000,000 people | 28; Mrs. B. E. H of the state. Richmond, Ind. Mrs. D ©. Bryan. Na- }tional Grand Assistant - | Greenville Texas, Mis Lawrence Kansas Mrs. | Corresponding | nois;Mrs Mary cretary, Chicrgo, Ll » Bell » Mich ; Mary E. Rollins, National Grand Con- ductress, Springfield. Illinois; Miss Gaines ational Associate Conductress, Xenia, Ohio; of California and’ Mrs, J C. Custi, National Grand Truth has remained there up to the date of { New York Cfty: Mrs. 1 F. Buckner, National Grand Faith, ifornia; Mrs. Minnie Brown, Nationr! Grand Wisdom | Detroit, Mich. Mrs. J. V. | tional Grand Charity, Fert Worth vex Lawrence, National Grand Herald, Houston, Texas, Mrs. R. D. Booue, National and Chap- in, Chicago, Hls.; Mrs. M. A. Clark, Natsenal Grand Warder, California; Mr. E .. Pettibone, National Granb sentinel, Grenada, Miss. H.A. Rogan, | 33. Nationai Grond Marshal, Inianap- polis, Ind. The next anual session . | will be held at Boston, Mass. the first | week in August, 1903. | Mrs, Murrel was elected Grand ma- | tron in her absence and it cameasa sniprise to her. She was presented by ithe paughters ot Sphinx with a hand- | some engraved silver service, She ar- HON. HARRY Auditor for the Post Offic: Dep .ived in the city last Sunday highly pleased wrth her tripand the recepuon | she received while in Ohio. ———- The President And The Lyncher From The New Yor GeorgeR. Koester, the Democrat and self confessed lyncter, who was utiy sold in London for appoint d Collector of Iniernal Reven- The bamboo holds the ‘record; ue for South Caaolina by President among plants for ick growtl It | Rousevent, aud who failed to be con to grow two feet in 24 has been seen to g hours Yurnip seeds have been known to be dormant for seven years through being planted too deep, and after that time to sprout. There are at least 100 varieties of : fi ating plants in the world, 4 esi ee ‘Three only are common in Britain,| My Dear Mr K eating They are the sundew, butterwort and | rene ctime. Ethank you for the w bladderwort whict 1 have perto’ ly es Faith’ | By cutting off the dorsal fins of tu young salmon with a razor, it has » the fingerlings liberated fr s 2,000 pounds ef adult rht in the Columbia ri sult is more than $ , ust Corntossel, t the din- “Mandy,” said Far “{ don’t like to complain © winter of 1890. | ners you're givin’ our summer board- February, 1893—he | ers ain't up to your : | Washington for duty J “Wet! iram, it’s kind o’? hard to on and again served | ¢g1] tes’ what to do. When I was get-| tia » all them deli¢ some of the folks come to me and threatened to leave be _getti plain country fare, as advertised.”— ————<~se—___ National Grand Chapter Organized Ata meeting of a numbers of mem- | a order of Eastern Star, held pre sw Sa Ohio, on Saturday, Au- gust the Igth. 1902, for the benefit and Fest interest ofthe order, it was agreed upont organize a National Grand Chapter of the order of Eastern Star for North Am: rica. and jurisdic trop, which was then organized and the following grand officers were elected hres years: ae Murrell, National Grand Matron, Washingt n, D, C. Mr. Robert ]. F etcher 33 Nati nat Grand Patron. Sacremerte Cal, ‘rs, Celta Dunlar National Ge nd Asseriat. Matron, arlinet », Ky. Mr Joho A Bell, 33 Nationa! Pxtron, Grand Rapids, Mich. firmed by the Senate because cf his re- {cord as a lyncher, and who is now out | of office, has declared in public that if he had to do over the lynching acts of which he stood charged, he wouli do them again. The Charleston News and Courier of July 3 containad tne tollow- ing letter: N w,what does Prdsident Roosevelt int tocenvey in th etter,excepithat nspite of Koesters Rooseve nomination confirmed nd regsets that ne failed in the effort. It seems incred ible, especially in view of the Pre ident’s speech at Arlington, on Docor- Day, when he scored lynch ‘aw unmer- cifully. in defending our army in the! | Philippines against charges of barbar- Mrs. W. A. Coggins, G and Secretary, Secretary, Mary E. Lang-| people. [have been ‘shocked beyond n ) ston, National Grand Corresponding nish evacuation of Cuba. Later | Secretary, | he served there as chief surgeon og | Emma Noell, National Grand assistant} atio alGrand Mrs. Grand Terell, Na- lynching record | « stuod by him andstrove to have bis | tering through the magnificent pub! buildings whi bh adoru the beautiful ci- ty and proclaim the greatness of our measure by seeing within them negro men lounging about the corridors in | idleness, and more shocked when told these stalwart negroes are employees of the government drawing salaries | which one of our old soldiers might with all prop- e y ard justice get and be glad of it. (have been toid many of \these negroes were appointed under jdemocratic administration, and that | Republicans have foiiowed suit It matters little tome who did the contemptible act. | am, besides being | begthe Republican administration to hide these loafing negroes out of sight before the city fills up with my com- about this matter just as | do, and my feelings are of deep indignation, | am} nota negro-hater, but I simply write this in justice to the old soldser. an old soldier, a Republican, and for | most cordial character. sip the credit of the Republican party I | true in allcases, it should be so; for if| decisionrendered by Judge Jackson of | rades. 1 know they must and will feel| entertain anything but the most re- white gets Promotions were given | L . colored clerks notwithstanding the’ Yi IW murmuring of envious and prejudiced ABOR IS IN DIGNA whites whose records were less meuit- | | orious. | Pines se Castle assumed charge | Judge Jackson’s Anti-Union Decision of the Auditor’s Gflice the manifesta- | | tions of race prejidice have been less Is the Cause. ‘ | pronounced. He setthe standard of uke j treatment firmly upon the solid rock | | of justice and fair-dealing and in no | Leaders Think That the West Vir. | office has the standaad been more rig-! gimia Jurist’s Language Is With. | orously Supported than in that presid- | eut Excuse and an losalt jed over hy Capt. Castle. | to Workers, As far as we ase informed, the rele-|, ' | tions between the entire colored corps | ' jof clerks and the Auditor are of the erent: in, othe If this is not | ™imers’ strike thus far has been the The overshadowing indications and results count for any-| the United States district thing, it would be the barest ingrati- tude on the part of colored clerks to court at arkersburg, W. Va., in sentencing six trades-unionists to jail for violating his injunction order of June 19. The case is altogether exceptional because spectful and cordial relations with one | who has led tha vanguard in accord-} aga iug to deserving and striving clerks the | the sentenc ed unionists are pot appar- justice to which they are fairly en-| ently charged with violations of law, I have seen these young, strong, ne- groes sitting in the corridors of our| | public buildings as watchmen, a_posi-| tion a maimed soldier could easily fill | and bring comfort tu their declining years by doing so. I have been told} that during the previous encampment here just such a thing as this caused the defeat of the Congress aad made | =| 1 | { phax lives now,and which was ( olonel | | ucKee’s home A. CASTLE, artment Who Recognizes Merit. ] andalso caused Harri- It is eaough, and these negroes shoulda be dimissed at once or | hid away from sight before the assem- bling of the Grand Army in this city. | ; Such men as Corp. Tanner and Gen. Dyerenforth have protested rgainst | | giving negroes such employment, and j now asa Grand Army man | warn our} | party against this evil, and woe be be} unto us if mv warning is net heeded JOHN N. THOMPSON, Beatrice, Colo. it Democratic son’s defeat | Hon, Henry A. Castle. The development of the Post Office! | Department suggests a measure of the expansion of the varied business and | other interests of the people of this country. During the past few years, the Post Office attairs have advanced at a mar- vellously rapid rate, involving the e | peaditure of large sums and the em- ployment of thousands of employes the manipulation of the machinery | of administration und comprehending } a volume of business tar beypnd the expectation and predictions of the| mosi optimistic. With this increase, hascomg a cor-| responding increase in the Yworking | force ané duti-s of that branch of the} Treasury Department whose office is to | adjust and audit the accounts of 84] | Post Orlice Department. {t is to this Office that we desire to} callthe attention of our rea:ders, not be- | From The Philadelphia Tribune. | between $ | sou'h side—nos. 2344 to 2354. | from the breath congeals so quickly ous and unchristian conduct towards titled, nor even with inciting others to viola- Capt, Castle has bestowed a lasting | tions of law, but merely with inciting benefit upon our race, net only for his} contented workmen to join in the manliness, fairness and justice toward | strike, in violati the colored clerks who are in his office | py the court. but because he has established a_pre- | ~ cedent, set the example which may in- | poreriess duce others, who are still constrac‘ed | S&C St0B? Z by race prejudice, to become more| “While I recognize the right of all liberal. | laborers to combine for the purpose We hope that Capt. Castle miy re-/ of protecting all their lawful rights, £ main in office as long as he wishes. | do not i He merits advancement. to a higher! to conspire together to compel em- and more lucrative position and we! ployes who are not dissatisfied with would be pleased to see him advanced. | their work in the mines to lay down At the same time, we hope th.t he/ TRH aH 35 yea Spe 4 it may continue ia his noble, treatment | ‘he!r Picks and shovels and to qui of our people, assured that the race their work without a just or proper will honor him and express their grati- | Teason therefor, merely to gratify a tude upon all occasions, in season and | professional set of agitators, organiz- out of season. | ers, and walking delegates, who roam Capt. Castle has the heart-felt grati-} all over the country as: tude ofthe colored peopie in gener] # and especially those in whose behalf he has acted so manfully and magnifi- cently, 1 of an order issued The following extracts indicate the temper and purport of the » the right of laborera | combination, who are vampires that live and fatten on the honest labor of | the coal miners of the country, and | who are busybodie COL. JOHN M’KEE’S WILL CON-| . : are quiet and wel TEST DROPPED | creating dissatis- faction umong a class of people who 1 disposed, and who do not want to be disturbed by the un- | } ceasing agitation of this class of peo- Wealthy Negro’s Relatives Compro-| ple. mise With Church—Mrs, Abby| “The rig Syphax, His Daughter, Receives | W More Than Fifty Thousand Dollars, | Protected by law, and he is entitled to | the same protection as free speech, and should be better protected than hich the e in t of a citizen to labor for s he is satisfied with is a right | the abuse of free speech, ir Through a series of deeds placed on record last Tue slay, the reason was} made public wny Mrs. Abbie A. P | Syphax did not press ber consent with Archbishep Ryan over the wealth of her father, Colonel John McKee, | ! known the country over asthe negro} millienare. | Mrs. Syphax received property worth | 000 and $75,000 to discon- | | tinue ber suit. Ithas n known for several months | that she had adandoned the contest, | but tae consideration wasa secret un- til Puesday. ‘ The deeds filed were for the house at | 1030 Lombard street, where Mrs. Sy- organiz and agitators ind trying to produce rikes.” In case it shall appear that the sen- tenced unionists made threats against until bis death: for | twenty-four houses and lots on the} north side of Gerret street—- 355, and six houses and lots on the 108 2309 They were conve ed by Archbis'sop Ryan and Joseph P. T. McCullien, the executors, to Mrs. Syphax for ’’a nomi- nal sum.”’ They w-re dated June 24 When, co the astonishment of every one whe knew him, Colonel McKee eftallhis property, valaed at more| than $2, 500,000, to founda Romin| Catholic college for bo s, under the JOHN JAY JACKSON { (West Vir i Judge Who Has No Use for Organized L contro! of Archibishop Ryan. a_ butter | ; ' legal contest was expected. Even two| miners not joining in the strike, or ime months or so ago, when a compromise | cited others to imaltr them, or was announced, it was thought that, | greeted them with insuits, the publie perhaps, the Minton branch of the} judgment of this decision will be family woula still contest. AH this is| sensibly modified—for all such abuses now abandoned. | of free speech are violations of law— Register Lyons’ Returned, | but at present the “unjudicial” char- : | acter of the language used by Judge _ Registered Judson W. Lyons who de-| jiuycon ix the subject of almost uni- livered an Emancipation speech in pti Elmira, N.Y., ret rned to the city| Yersal comment ae denounce t ades- last Saturday, he Registers’ speech | U2 ion leaders as npires” who “live was highly complimented by the) and fatten on honest labor recalls | press. the rhetoric of the least re snsible of labor agitators whom Judge Jack- | No Mustaches in Alaska, | son would imprison for incit class | Mustaches are not worn by men ex-| hatred. Mr. Mitchell’> comment on the | to the trades-unions, reads in part as fol- posed to th decision, which ha severity of an Alaskan winter. They wear full beards to pro- tect the throat and face, but keep the | upper lips clean-shaven. The moisture | iows: fries papers not generé “None of the defendants in this in- that a mustache becomes embedded in | junction case nor our speakers have a solid cake of ice, and the face is | violated the iaw They were counsel- frozen in a short time. j ing miners on € ow grounds. eee aiid | They were pers Kitchens on Top Floors. out until our It is the custom in Sydney, Austra- ding them to remain mands for a living wage have been granted, and were not lia, to have the kitchens on the top | intimidating them at all. floor of the better class of residences. | “The scope of Juc ckson’s de- ‘ause they wasn't gettin’ | the natives. Was the President siacere in that denunciation? If so, could he consistently write such a letter to George R. Koester, Democrat and self-confessed Lyncher, turaed down and out by the refusal of the Senate to hitch him on to the payrolls of the | Federal Treasury? The two things will | not hang together. | The President of the United States |e nnot denounce lynch law in his pub- lic addressesand appcint self confessed lynchers to high positions in the pablic | service and regret his iability to torce confirmation, without having bis hones- tly and sinccrity and his consistency | seriously doubted. | OLD SOLDIER OBJECTS. | |Thinks Old Veterans Should Have | Positions Now Given Negroes. Prom The Washington Post : A f Editor Post: I am, as it were one o the advanced guards of the Grand ar- my which will meet here soon. In saun cause of its business proportions alone; | In these houses the clothes are usual but mainly because with the increase ly dried on the roof. of clerical force 'n this office has come | $$$ —- |ap ortunities, for colored men and Something to Be Thankfal For. {women to enter the public service] The sun beats down with ray severe; with fair assurance: s of good treatment "Tis hotte and advancement consistent with the} And yet w a9 character ot the duties performed. At Tt at - rtinique. Hitherto the Office of the Auditor | —“#* epi ties for the Post Office Department has had | e living here | The Trouble. its modicum of colored clerks. They Mrs. Jones—I alw think twiee were there, mainly because colored | pefore I speak once, sir! |cierks, being persona non grata in Mr. Jones (sighing)—Exactly, Ma- prominent places, were sent to the Auditor's Office, because it was a sort | of out-of-the-way place where contract | {and observation were reduced to a minimum, : ‘ : But a change took place when the| PER Hon. Henry - Castle assu aed the | all you anticipates | duties of Auditor fur the Post Office}. Mrs. Gay—Oh, di es Department. The number of colored | ing a dreadful time to secure @ dir clerks was increased three-fold, im-| vorce.—Ohio State Journal. | portant positions were given them, a} erst ae | widespread distribution of colored |} Parliamentary Procedure. clerks made thruughout the office, un-|. Reformer—I wish I could do some- til every Division nad its colored rep-| thing practical to improve the morals | resentative, whose efficiency, adapta-| of the neighborhood in which I live. bi.i-y, courtesy and industry compar- Cynical Person—Can't you move to }edtavorably with his more favored) smend it —Chicago Tribune. __ it you're such a quick thinkei The Great Drawback. Mrs. Quizz—Do you find wedded life cision can hardly be realized by those not familiar with the facts. It forbids men to walk on ihe |} hways, to talic | to non-union men, or to persuade them | to strike. It takes from th | of the United Mine Workers the rights | all citizens of the United States are | ions tend members supposed toenjoy. Sach deci | to destroy the confidence of the work- jing people im the impartiality of the courts. “We shall appeal to the leourt of the United States, and shall supreme immediately ask President Roosevelt to interfere before this outrageous de- | cision can be put in force ~ 1 Quite Impossible. “T wonder whether anyone | ever invent a silent typewriter?” “Not as long as women are em. ployed.”—Judge. wilt Clumsy Waiter—Are’nt you going to give me a tip, mister? Old Grumpy—Yep. Go back to ear- .—N. Y. Journal. rying the hod journal. | i ¢ iy A ; i4