The Washington Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1903, Page 1

<“x PAPER FOR IDE COMPAwn. ; true if you see it in ‘THE BEE. co “THE PEWeLe, | Tr BORROW THIS PAaPrER { WASHINGT ON WASHINGTON, D. C. WEEK OF SATURDAY JANUARY 3 oO .~ 19€3. . Ae Sinthiecdundl Actua : fearless race advocate? Do news? Do you wante 4 Wine pase | siTS OF SCTENCE. ix of our system have be . 20 Inoens, \. Jagger, Jr., of Harvard, een making investigations tion of Mont Pelee, believes e of voleanic countries can truction by building cellars s of masonry in which they er when the eruptions dea Freneh scientist, to produce common has hydrogen illuminating g Y passes the gas through , tube imbedded in liquid air and the pycrocarbon elements in the gas are liquefied or froaen out and left behind, wile the hydrogen passez off. s way from fteracareful examination of the is of Ceylon, Prof. Herdman ie to the con¢lusion that “there » reason for despondency in re- gard (o the future of the pearl-oyster fishe . if they are treated scientific- a The remedy for present evils is ng out and transplanting. te still insist that the so- anals of Mars are an optical il- on. A late experimenter, Mr. B. e a drawing of the chief ywarking e planet, omitting the can’ | -n these drawings were e ladies and two boys ce of ten feet or so, all » ed canals in the positions aparelli, + and amateur obeervers speculating on the light- that radiate so strikingly from f the areraters. It was long that these streaks-—one {w been traced from Tycho toa f 1,700 miles—represent givar p-dykes, but Prof. W. H. Picke ore recently suggest- * y be pumice driven by gas or steam from the voleanoes. REMARKABLE MEN. The great-grandfather of John A. Reeds, at Fort Scott, Mo., fought in the revolution, his grandfather was a sol- dier in 1812, his father went through the campaign in Mexico, John himself shouldered a musket in 1861 and John's boy put in a year or two in the Philip- pines hiking after insurrectos. Fred P. Clark, 20 years ago a promi- ment and wealthy mill owner in Min- neapolis, was arrested as a vagrant the other day and sent to the workhouse. A succession of business and matri- snonial misfortunes dissipated his for- tune and he took to drink, and now, at the age of 60, he is a mental and phy- aical wreck. Among the many human curios to be seen at Monte Carlo this season none attracts more attention than M. Ytur- bide, an eccentric millionaire, who shuns daylight as he would a plague. Ja his splendid villa he has placed an ¢*normous elevator into which his cur- tained and shuttered carriage is driven and raised to his heavily draped apart- ment when he wishes to take a drive. His rooms are always kept at a Turk- ish bath temperature, and as condi- tions in the gambling rooms of the Casino are about the same he some- times ventures there in the evening. ABOUT THE HOUSE. A little flour’sprinkled lightly over the top of a cake will aid in preventing ing from running off. fhe smell of fresh paint can be re- moved by leaving in the room all night | of water containing several teed onions. the ic! eria is very slow te freeze and ttle is put on taps in frosty r, and exposed pipes are cov- i with pieces of old carpet or sack- water is not likely to freeze. throw away old gloves. Keep wear while dusting, cleaning ttending to other house- f a similar racter. By » hands will be kept clean condition much s in their eye ind that h ing a small will pre- the birds, s are frequently h insee phur in the e¢ ects worry IN THE ORIENT. have been 2 coasts of the s in India, but rd are of Eu- e rest claim to be vs who emigrated olomoen's time. int of the sacred furkish penin- settlement of among 20 whole forming a lic in the dominions » whom they are trib- rly tribute they pay dis by no means a the sum is easily met :, which is very rich, ‘ny millionaires among the cattered ‘snes and Tokens, s 4. we announce our ene 2 » I suppose you will 3 and, of course, we Pre « foolish.—Detroit Free » improve their health in | REV. 1. H. WALTON, A GREAT ORGANIZER. Over 12,500 Members —What can be Done if there is a Will—One of the Strongest Organizations in the United States--its Aim and Object. Rev. Smith Frampton, of Charles- ton, S. C., has been appointed Presi- dent of the National Indusirial Council of America, whose beadquarters are at 503 D street, northwest, Washiogton. vw. C. Mr. Frampton is a South Caro- linian by birth and is forty four years ofage. He is a strong advocate of the Republican party, and says that while the same bas not done anything for him personally, it has helped his peo pie and he has common sense enough to know that all cannot hold office at the sametime While there might be some menin the Council who have never voted a Republican ticket, still the Council as an organization is ke publican; its purpose being to look after the interests of the ex-slave and freedmen. Asit develops strength it will consider partyism but not ab this time, lor it expects tostand by the man who stands for the people. It appre- ciates help fr _m any one whois in sym- pathy with the cause for whieh it is working. Mr Frampton states that the people on the rice farms in South Carelina, re ceive from twenty-five to forty cents a day for their labor, being paid by the commissary. nthe truck farms, he Says, they are paid off in pasieboard and pewter five cent pieces. Ia the cotton fieid they contract to give two days and the balance is made 1p in rauons. Hundreds and thousands of them have passed away asa result of the hardships of former days. Afver having beenset free they were leftupon the hands of their former owners, as no appropriation had been made for their support and maintenance. They did not beg their way into the English Colonies, but were fuoled to America in order that they might be held in bondage, without any recompense for their hard and arduous labor. A few days 2go, while Mr. Frampton was making a speech, aman told him that the Negroes were not worth any thing more than their raiment, food and shelter. His reply was as tollows: “Then I would not have had them, but would have given them their free dom, so as not to have had any cause for war.’’ Continuing with his speech, Mr. Frampton said, ‘‘Gentlemen, some approptiation should be made for the support of the few poor old ex slaves that are living, thua takine them from off the hands of others, who are enly able to take care of themselves. ‘They are at the door knocking, do something for them, reme . bering the words of Christ when he said, *‘The Poor we |'ave With us Always.’”” Rev. I. H. Walton, was bo nin Ten- nessee on the 13th day of December, 1854. He waselected Secretary an Business manager of the Ex-slave Pet tion Assembly at Madison, Arkansas, January, 1897, which was the fist Ex- Slave Association chartered in the United States, at Litthe Rock, Ark., under his management. The organ of the Assembly, was edited by Mr. Walton, then known as the Ex-Slave Assembly, which was published week- ly at Madison, Ark., and was success- ful from June 12th, 1897, the date of its birth. The Assembly soon found its way into the journalistic world and acquiree thousands of friends. By this means the association soon secured over one hundred agents in various states, and itsoon had thousinds o | members who did not hesitate to give assistance to the Assembly and its agents. While traveling in Hammond. La., Mr. Walton received a telegram Aug rith, 1899, stating that the Fost Office | Department had issued a Fraud Order jagainsthim and the Ex-Siave Peti- |tioner’s Assembly, This caused much excitement among the Assemblies in the various states. Mr. Waltou’s at- | torney promptly notified the P. O. De- | partment, that the order was unwar- | ranted and withouta foundation. After }consuliation with his i+wyers, Mr ' Walton continued to travel among the |people, telling them that ther was no fraud upon his aper published by him warned eople against misrepresentation of | the organization. | The object of the P. A., was to organize Ex-plave Assemblies through- | } out the United States for the purpose | of making a petition strong enough 'o |be respected by this government. | Some of the leading coiored men fai ed | to give their assistance. Negro like, they persisted inthe spirit of -if I can’t be bess, then I will tear up the busi-| ness.”” Notwithstanding, he labored} under the burden of a Fraud Order, relief came from the decision of ihe U- S. Court, in the first District of Arkansas, Jury in November, 1899, cl have found a true bill agai st whose Grand} Walton, he being notified uf the same} by telegram, at Charleston, S. Cc Being as devoted to his people as a child to its mother, it was never In tended by Mr, Walton, to commit a traua upon them; thus he was g eatly surprised to have been notified of the bil being found against him hy tte iron hand of Uncle Sam. He contin- ued to work, and about the close of | October, the Ex-Slave Assembiy organ lofthe E. P. A., was promptly Fraud | Ordered, jeaving him without a month |piece. This dis not discourage him, | but only made him more zealousin his undertakings. He therefore issued Naliondl snusiicl Gouncil part, as every | the! The ©, P. A,, then changed its name jat a Nationa! Convention held at isai- on Rouge, La., Dec. 19th to 21st, 1899, and selected an organ known as the Afro-American, the same being edited and masaged by Mr Walon unnl | Sept. 24th, Igor. On Dec. 23. 1899, Mr. Walton re- turned home and gave bong for his ap- pearance in the U. S. Court, at Helena March, 1900. When the case was called up, it was promptly dismissed, so away went the Fraud Order. To-d y the organ‘zation, of which Mr. Walton still remains the leader, is known and distinguished as the Na- tiona! Industrial Council of America, whose membership to date is about 106 husdred and seventy-five thousand (175.000). It is *he ardent desire of the association, that every Negro who might read ef their work will heartily join them in their great efforts. remem bering that ‘‘In union we stand, divid- ed we fall. Hon. John Wesley Gaines M. C. of Tennessee, takes the grounds. that there is great discrimination between tnetwo sections, the South and the East; that the East receives so much more in pensions than the South. Here is a practical text for the much agitated question ef pensioning the old ex-slave of the South. And why should they not be pensioned? Certain- ty no one will deny that it was their la- the appropriation for this be disvontinued this vear, This phase of the subject was also! touched on by Protessor Hart, who ser) | for.h the benefits to the Disinet of the institution. rte also appealed to Con-| gress. through the committer, to au | thorize the expendi.ure of the $12,000 | already appropriated, siatiag that on| account of holdiog tac mouev back the ins itution had to be sus, ended. | Commissioner McFariend statec, in answer to 4 question on tue subject by a Star reporter, that the buara of cher. ines had prepared a contraet which Professor Hart had been asked tosien, bu. which he had ref wed te do. Tins was iu July. _ Mos: of the wards were taken away from the farm ut that ime. In October he signed this contract, and since then wards had been sent to the farm, and some were there now. Fiom this statement it is understood that it will be heid by the eommittee thac the Commissioners have complied. with the provisions of the appropriations The District Commissioners have been in attendance at every meetiug of the subcommittee during tne consider- ation of the appropriation bil. institution | DR SL. CORVOTHERS GREAT WuRK. Dr. S. L. Corrothers, pastor of Gal- braith A, M.E. Zion Church Sixth street northwest, has been holding a bor that opened up this great section, seties of meetings for more than three Fey. 1.1. Thompson, a copyist in the recorders office and an ass‘stint on the editorial siatf of the Colored American, reada paper in reply to Frof. Ferri sou had his supporters all lined up to applaud him while he was deal- ing his great apologetic speech in de- fense of Washington, and when he concluded President Scott iatroduced Prof, Ferris who was received with an ovation Mr. thompson took occasion to at- tack colored stawye:s which had noth- Kat ailto do with the question at} issue and which was justly rebuked Thomp | TO GET INTO fHe SMART SET. Make ten or twenty millions. Don't be afraid of being too vuk gar; it’s a good “ad.” ‘Get an some one. automobile and run over It’s fashionable. Be snubbed as much as possible at first. It pays im the long run. Do big things. Quarrel with your wife occasionally at space rates. Buy diamonds and pearls by the peck. Your wife will do the rest. wien Prof. Ferris aro-e. thonpson is the negro democrat who came from Indiavopolis, Ind,, and giving a place inthe. overnmen Printing Office trom which piace he was given a ticket of leave. soon afer Booker Wash- ington gave him a place in the Census office from which place he retreated because his services were no longer needed. tle had decid -d to return to his home im Ind avopolts, but Mr. Dancy made him a copyist in his office which should be held by some goud republican. When Mr. Ferris wa: introduced. Mr. jesse Lawson, the legal advisor of the Afro American Council objected but he was prope‘ly sat upon bv President Scout, wh» informed him that he wast e Presides.t of the Second Baptist Lyceum = when Prof. Ferris had concluded he was given another ovation. Other persons spoke and when time was called, Mr, Thompson attempted to reply but he was too full of indignation for utterance but he did manages to say that he thought that some one should protect Prof. Washington, Prof Ferris captures the meeting by his eloquence and logic. The District of Columbia ts against Prof. Booker 1. Washington and no doubt Mr. R. W. Thompson is a wiser man, even ifc lored lawyers do wear silk hats and soak their clients. Dr. S. L. Corrothers delivered an eloqnent address against the theory of Mr. Washington and gave the reader of the paper to understand thet the people of this city were against Washington. Rev. Carrothers is pastor of one of the largest and most influential churches iu this city. THE DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK. If the human temperature rises above 108 degrees, or falls below 93 degrees, the result is almost always death. A German dentist at Crefeld exam- ined 5,300 school children and found that only 437 per cent. hed sound teeth. The latest invention comes from Paris. It is an automatic bell, pl ed under a patient’s arm, which m gs when the temperature rises above nor- mal. The English delegates to the inter- national tuberculosis congress at Ber- lim reported that the death rate in the United Kingdom in 1838 from consump- tion wes 38 per 1,000. This bas been reduced to 13, or more than 6 per cent. pie WALTON, Advocator of the Ex-Slave Pension and Chief Commissioner of the N. I, C. that they were kept in servitude till many of them were old and descrepit, meiand women, no time for eultiva- lion or accumulation;—and now that they ere old and needy, they seould de cared for and that by the government; and by adopting this method of care ing for the old people the discrimina tion between the East aod the South wil disappear in a great measure and more of the pension money will, go South. This measure is n-w on, and we pre- dict that -coner or later is geing to wia It is just, it is human, it is eharitable and win it will and must. Now,to my race, W.ll you not give the above a caretul consideration? If Mr. Gaines can see that issomething for yu six years ago, why can you not see it in this the year of our Lord, 1903? Many of our best people look at the ex slave movement, (a8 it is called) as a matter of impossibility to never do any good for the people. Oh, did you ever think of it?) How shall we know? By standing still or waiting on the Lord? The Lord only helps those who help themselves, How shall we secure legislation other do. snould ask for it andif you want aid don’t ask for it and you will surely not get it. Address ail communications to I. L Walton, No. 503 D street, northwest, It you want anything you | Washington. wv. C-. | HART INDUSTRIAL FARM. House Committee Considers Propos- ed $12,000 Appropriation. The session of the subcommittee of \the House appropriations committee, | jin charge of the District of olumbia Co-gress ona | appropriation bill, was devoied some time ago hearing Prof. William H. H- trial Farm. Mr. Hart stated to the committee that an appropriation of $12,000 fur this institution was carried On the District appropriation bill Jast- year, but that | none of it had been expended. He in= dicated that this action of holding the money up bad been taken at the diy | rection of the District Commissioners. Prof. Hart’s farm is located near Fort Washington, and has beea used as an industrial institution for young colored boys, who have been sent being eonvicted of minor offenses in the Police Court. anther paper known as New Life, which was promptly rejected by the P. U. Department as second class rates The recommendation of the Commis- sioners in their estimates now being considered by the committee is that / than by agitation, it is impossible to} aon’t think you; weeks, with great success, the church has been crowded every night since the begining ef these meetings. Bishop A. W. Walters preached for him last Thursday evening and again Tuesday evening of this week. Old members of the caurch declare that not in their time have they seen such interesttaken in the affairs ot Galbraith church and attended with so much success as has beea attained by Dr. Corrothers. Scores of people have been added to the church inthe last twomonths. In addition to his spirtual work, be has just raised a five thousand dollar mor- tage from the church that has stand- ing for sixteen years. When seen this weex by a represenative of the Bee, he drew from his pocket the] canceled mortage and showed evidence of great pleasure atthe success he nad met with this particular, Heus arranging fora Mamouth Easter Services at which time | a bon fire will be built and with shouts and songs the cancelled m rtage that had burdened the church for so many years will be bruntin the present of} Galbraitns hosts. Since last June Dr. A curative effect of vaccination upon whooping cough, first noticed by come Italian physicians, has been confirmed by the extended observations of Dr. Dietric in Algeria. A degree of im- munity, moreover, was conferred against the disease. “Come on, Mrs. Gabb, and go shop- ping with me.” “No, really, dear, my gumsare so sore I can’t open my mouth.” “Does that prevent you going?” “Yes; there is no pleasure -a shop- ping unless you can give the shopgirls @ piece of your mind occasionally.”— Chicago Daily News. Ho! For A Suffrage Convention. {From The Boston Guardian.} The Guardian agrees with the Wash- convention among colored people. The time is now ripe for such a moves ment. Some such concerted action by the thinking men of the race should be taken in the very near future to con- sider ‘“‘ways and means”’ for the recuv- Corrothers has raised nearly six} thousand dollars, and hopes to reach \ the ten thousand dollar mark by the lime the conference meets. Judging from his past work and the assistance/ of,Hon. Jno. C. Dancy, the Recorder raiser in the country, the doctor can well say to his brethern atthe confer- | | ence tuat Galbraith raised n.ore money | ‘this conference year than any ten ;churches in the conne tion. Dancy has been a great help to tle} church and with the aid of the faithful members who are standing by the doctor in his work, and who enabled ery of the Negro’s franchise. The Ne- gros all right as far as President Roosevelt’s action goes in a certain wey, but the time bas come for the sacred righ’s of this race to be crystal- ized and embalmed in law! The rights of Deeds and the greatest Negro money | Of 12,000,0000 people cannot be allowed | to depend upon the wishes of one man; life is too uncertain, and fate too treacherous, he thoughtful men of the Colored Mr. | race should, therefore, come together | tefore the passing of another summer to take action as to the best methods j of forcing congress consider-tion on the Negro’s franchise. It might be ‘jwhile going into ington Bee in its advocacy of a suffrage | Buy a steam yacht. Have it made to order. Have it the biggest one yet. Be dull at dinners; they al! do it. Cultivate your enemies; they will help you along. Go to Europe and thresh around for awhile. In a year or so you will get talked about Be a friend to every newspaper man, big, little, rich, poor, good, bad, and indifferent. It pays. Buy a hotel and name it after your- self. Charge ten times what anyone else has ever dreamed of. Feed everybody. To do this, col- lect cooks. A good cook is the cor- ner stone of social success. Marry anybody. There is no wom- an on earth who ean’t get in with from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 back of her. Buy a house on Fifth avenue; also one at Newport, Mount Desert, Flor- ida, North Carolina, and any other place. Never live with your family loug enough in one place to contract a home atmosphere. Home is death to society. Marry off your daughters if pos- sible, to foreigners, no matter how decrepit, immoral, or despicable they are, if they have titles. It pays. Begin and snub those beneath you as early in the game as_ possible; your progress upward will be indi- eated by the number you can snub.— N. Y. Heraid. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. Miss Celesta J. Miller, of Chicago, has just started on her fifth trip around the world. She has visited every country in the world except Siberia, which she is now on her way to visit. She always travels alone, and has never missed a train or boat connection, never met with an acci- dent, and has refused 300 proposals of marriage. Mme. Chang, a Corean woman of high caste, has arrived in California on a mission for her people. Her ob- ject is to learn American ways, hav- ing done which she will return and introduce them in her native country. It took just two years’ persuasion before her husband econld be con- vinced that a peep into the world and a bit of occidental education would not ruin his wife. Mme. Chang is the first high-class woman of her race to cross the seas for em American education. Signora Duse, the Italian actress, had a taste of walking the tracks Washington the other evening. Her train was stopped by a wreck a mile outside me city and the tragedienne, after a couple of hours’ wait, became impatient and started to walk into town, though it was dark and raining. Half a mile down the line she and her manager found a suburban trolley line and were soon at their hotel. The sige nora says she has often heard of | player folk being compelled to “count ties,” but that this is her first ex- ; perience. She does not care to have | it duplicated. BRITISH BREVITIES. Wood pigeons do more harm to British crops than any other birds. Seagulls have ousted the penguins from their rocks ip the St. James’ park lake, London. Zuydeote, near Dunkirk, was over- whelmed by sand in 1777. Only the church steeple can now be seen. A special item in London’s budget is the sum of $1,250 a year for the study of the fog and its remedies. Falmouth is probably the oldest | port in England. It was used by the | Phoenicians at least 2,500 years ago In 827 Winchester, and not London, was proclaimed to be the capital of | England, and so it remained for two centuries, | {him to reap success. there is no) well to confine the conveation to non-| Including rivers and canals, it is {telling waat happiness may fall to | office holders and to the north. so that | estimated that no part of England is | Galbraith this year. Mr. Dancy, who | its action may not be influenced by fear! more than 15 miles from water com- | has t en = segs work along le 2 sigan ears mene he Wee. ' buile r Y y ars to e lace fer suc e ut we = s ne »p Walkera tint he oa seas aw : stand aay lo co-operate with our|_ Manchester, England, has a new | poor church accomplish such work as imed_ to| Hart of Howard University in behalf | Galbraith has, and is doing. Rev | of an appropriation for the Hart Indus- | MR, BOOKER WASHINGTON SCORED. | Prof, Perris Given an Oration—The Philosophe r | of{Bostom Mass., Knocks out the Wizzard } Defenders and Apologists_ } | There wasa lively time at the Sec lond Baptist Lyceum on last Sunday {afternoon. Prof. W. H. Ferris of the | Boston Guardian, and the New Eng- | land philosopher who read a paper at lthe Bethel Literary two weeks ago, ‘aud will bring out another at the|crats under Bethel Literar y next Tuesday evening. | President Cleveland, The spzaker at the Second Baptist/ Business Herald of Donaldsoaville, | bre hrenin other sections, and will, | therefore, agree to any more central place. eveland would nov be a bad place, actual voting strergth of the race. Health Culture society, according to 'which the simple remedy for most ills of the fiesh is: “No breakfast.” tis the most central for the} — = Let} | the press take this matter up for con-} | sideration. It is something upon which | | the po'itical life of the Negro depends. An Absent-Minded Professor. To absent-minded people the world is indebted for many of its most | How about this, gentlemen of the | amusing anecdotes. | press? H.C. SMIFH DEAD- One Among the First Colored Democrats | _ M Ee Rev. Reset C. Smith, at one time Gin: Sten a the workhouse after! brought forth the apologists of Mr. | Uniten States Consu; to Santos. Brazil, | 5 there instead of to Booker T. Washington on last Sunday | and one among the first colored Demo the administration of ex- is ¢ead. The This story of a Welsh professor is an excellent example. He was walk ing down the street with one foot on | the curb and the other in the gutter when he met a friend. “Good morning, professor,” said “How are you?” “Well,” said the professor. “I thought I was all right, but for the last half-hour I have been limping in the most unaccountable manner.” on last Suaday afternooa was R. W ‘La.,. of January 17, reports his death. —London Express. tna wa Pa RUT Ne i ON IU ERNE ‘ik it i aly