The Washington Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1907, Page 1

WASHINGTON yOL. XXVINO. 48 WASHINGTON,AD. C., SATURDAY APRIL 27, 190 again Yours truly, THE EDITOR. DR. CURTI OUTH Dr. A. M. Curtis returned from South after an absence of several \ LETTER I have been informed make several more as a set-off to the colored com-| days. ow, Mr.| nual He was in attendance at the an- f the Alabama Medical] where he delivered an ora-| He also performed sev- session Associat tion in surgery or surgical operations in the new hospital just erected j ham, Ala. He did surgical | in several other Southern ci 1eTi¢ ) frec n this coun-] of diffic 1 operatior as occupied the} perury th for a week in May ee what John perf 1 sé 1 oper: s which are | after having | epared by various doctors minate ba | tor interested several physicians South is as| ost-graduate medical school of} Graves. You University, and he expects to pacify the! nv to take the contse hesinni on f those who have} +, May. Many will come know- this republic or of clin feel the = sphere. In a cal free waters of the) f surgery under | ctions at ised mecha | Nation’s Capital is fortunate in Mr. Presi-| with s have left merica reputation, again, They have | } administration andj You have struck] catered to your i the prejudiced and given to your heart. The stand r has taken forced auditor for the} President McKinle: ent to give a colored nothing new. It is by your action that| to do with the colored! g your pretended, | I had a talk with Bish-| rmed me that hej} promises to you and i he oppose Senator Fora- I was glad to hear him © stated th Senator | s the best friend the colored | know, Mr t the appointment of Rev. want you t ave no more effect} © appoint Taylor. If you an un DR. A. M. CURTIS. ELECTRIFIED THE SOUTH BY | 2 bers of the Board of Education charges The people are very much surprised the inconsistency of the colored mem- A man Is permitted to make charges of a seri- ous character ainst certain teachers and when he is called upon to produce his proof he informs the committee that he knows nothing at Birming- | « gainst the ck »i the teachers against whom he 1 The colored members vote to ain the man who makes the charges and insults the teacher against whom If the colored members of ion will not do the hoped that the white men g case lerstand that the papers perintendent have been tampered with, 1ich will no doubt ca 1se a change in ial force in the Franklin School ny old friend Ex B. S. Pinchback is in town. xovernor P. He ‘is look- What | Saw AndHeard GREAT WORK OF 7 tention, ery assurance of a past three years a movement looking men of the city. when you consider that until this year the w been done on rather a} smal! scale. A’ small body of men ini-| 1 have itinued the work dur- ng 1 that time, making up in en- had bee ton, D. € Y. M. C. A. is attracting national at- some sixty men, year when it wa COLORED Y, M. C. A. | Washing- | a building for the Colored The movement to erect and the campaign now in pro- ss for the necessary funds gives ev- successful isssue. There has been in existence here for the} ‘o this end, during which time meetings Sunday for the One result of these been the conversion of a very potential fact e been held every eetings has determination w they cked in numbers given the work this announced that Mr. eller, the philanthropist, me sufficiently interested in the New impetus ¥ John D. Rocke: DR. WILLIAM HIS SKILLFUL SURGICAL OPERATIONS but an honor to Wash they ha ton to know that eight hun yme to perform me of cal op. Ye have no ns k red people. It i : th I : t And the] t f it 1 the re hej ¢ they ve eadfast he is. Y I rs u ; t forget gical treatment can rec Mn name| care. Drs. Thomps¢ y return | i plans for Ss instit mn, > City of Mag- Ohio campaign. He] and the s ‘on irom thy to combat his ent Distances will open it formally ‘ Mr. Presi-| for them by doing surgical op a blun en on As a sur- ] t the doctor has sinformed, and liers to the serv-| since his stay in Washington t understand me to] geon he has won a national reputation. wrong that} The operations that he performed in © sore will not} the South were surprises to the most you may do t ent white surgeons in that section. e men you i = be aan = fe ba t WANT NEGRO PATRON- nee AGE hen ‘ on Tin which ref- York will { New ni ago, seem- e Presidency, will minds of k of what ; ¢ colored people. All ministers, teach- President. He can 1 requested ed vote, if nomi- a ii keep tw in their s well nominate a ee eee mind: ave e same = 1 : “Washi the capital of the na- President, red voters in this y waiting for the hour You know as well as I r offices will not sat- What the col- will not give. vil and political rights. portunity to live and liberty. gate the several depart- government and you if you don’t already so strong come in con- with great know, Mr. 5,000, of which 95,000 are colored and are disre- ns. tion, has a population of 3. garded in The Times calcula What is said below, therefore, applies wholly to the white population. “The Times has not only not sought circulation among the colored people, but it has deliberately avoided it, and in its news columns has shown emphat- ically that is a paper for white people.” The Rev. and Ill, A. B. Allen, M. W. N. G. Master of Masters for North America, the highest Negro Mason in the world, is getting ready to make an- other round of inspection of the Craft. hat your next move on lil, D. F. Seville, 33, Commander of will be. Don’t allow | the Highest Degrees, and Supreme Pa- too sudden, Mr. Pres-| tron Adolphus Rite (Compack)met with nt you at you don’t jump | 2 painful accident last week VINDICATED BY OF EDL at headquarters will disclose to you educators and professional men work- ing alongside of the ordinary day la- News of the, movement here has gone broadcast, and there is hardly borer. a day that a subscription is not received from some Washingtonian now residing | elsewhere. The campaign is run on strict business principles, and at the close of each day the subscription books balance with the reports of the canvass- ers. Mr. John Joy Edson, one of Wash- ington’s leading financiers, gladly con- sented to act as treasurer of the build- ing fund, and all checks are made pay- able to him. There are several unique features in connection with the work under v For instance, a large chest- nut bell in the main office is rung every time the secretary receives a $100 sub. large clock in the front scription; a window gives daily information to the e total subscriptions re- chart in the main office the daily reports of the passerby of t ceived; and gives in det two committees 3esides the leading newspapers of the city are lending their powerful support to the movement, hi ing editorialized on it in recent issues Practically all of the work being done is of a voluntary character, the men ot the city giving freely of their time and ability to further the movement. No sooner is the schoo] day over than a hers number. of young men, both tea and pupils, flock to the headquarters in the True Reformers’ Building and of- fer their services, turning their hands to whatever is to be done, One incident of last week, which at- tracted attention of the local press, was the fact that one of the members of the local police force, an enthusiastic Y. M. C. A. worker, secured ten days’ leave of absence from his work, and with a bicycle started in to canvass the When it 1s re- hard-worked city among his friends. membered that these CHANCELLOR THE BOARD CATION. g well and is hi: New York lif One of the most gentlemanly teache e Armstrong Manual Tra Mattingly. He has iy by perseverance and hard study School is Mr re are in this city many benevo- ent organizations which are beneficial munity, The Young Men’ the Young Mer Bankers, the Pro- Attucks are ld like ind the Crispus I organizations. w several ¢ hall : for ymises to be a hot one. There is % rumor afloat tha up the colored sc Just when the change ntendent 0 appointed. is to take place I am unable to state. Phe Men's Club of St. Luke’s Church s composed of some of the leading men Whenever I see the old boys it reminds me of old times. My 1 Bill Mayes looks j He grows better looking with ge. Jerry Johnson holds landmark of in the city. the same as ever. mains a Washington Richard Nugent has that same bland smile and affable Eugene Brooks is the old nestor of Pierce Place. FAIRPLAY. SUCCESSFUL AGAIN. The two successful candidates in the appearance. recent drawing examination, Horace G Anderson and David V. Green, are grad@- uates of the Armstrong Manuai Train- ing School. They specialized in draw- ing under the personal dir: Messrs. W. Stanton Wormley and Boyn- ton C. Dodson, who prepared them for the recent test. It wlil be remembered that Anderson led all candidates in the drawing exam- ination last year, but failed of reap- point through the opposition of a certain He has again demonstrated his his classmate, Green, on of and = will probably be assigned. Dr. ruce Evans’ school may be accounted Fred| Johnson, is own, and} committees as to which will movement to offer $25,000 on condition that a like amount be raised among our pe This created new enthusiasm < tees were promptly set t work to r the necessary money. Tc assist Dr. J. E. Moorland. International Secretary Y. M. C. A., who has Kept y in touch with the local work late as to Lewis E ranch Secretary Y. M. C. man thoroughly ide fi of Y. M. C. A, work, who ntil the call here was in charge of the on at Buxton, lowa,w attended his efforts. Mr. once set about the practical 1ere great ranging for a canvass of the to this end citizens’ com- e and voung men’s committee, each composed of one hundred men, were ap- pointed and called together. At the head of the first-named committee is Dr. rman J. Shwdd, while the young men enthusiastic chairman in Mr 1 Washington, A good-natured sprung up between the two the greatest amount of money, and at this writing the young men are several thou- sand dollars ahead. The second week is over, and the figures y Saturday the can secre given oyt by the night showed that $15,123 | scribed, $10,000 of the amount having been raised in the first week. This would certainly seem to indicate that the required $25,000 will be raised by May 7, when the canvass closes. The city is aflame with enthusiasm, and it is planned to reach every colored fam- ily here before the campaign is over. Big meetings are held every Sunday, where men of the city have an oppor- tunity to listen to ad been sub- Ts of national reputation. These meetings are growing in interest, and there is hardly a Sunday when standing room is not at a premi- um. It is not ar easy matter to arouse Washington men, but this Y. M. C. A. movement has done that very thing, and as a normal school for the training of ultimate success is now assured. There teachers if he continues to turn out such developed talent. is not a class of men in the city not guardians of the peace are allotted but fifteen days’ leave per annum, you can understand the sacrifice made by the man in question, Several instances are related of men who secured the per- mission of their employers to report for work two or three hours earlier than usual that they might have extra time in the afternoons and evenings to de- canva: These are the things which give inspiration to those in charge of the canvass, and cause them vote to the to see success before it is achieved. A site for the building in the heart of the tity had already been selected, and when your friends visit Washington for have the next inauguration they will opportunity to inspect a finely appoint eet GOpe ae es men building for colored THE BOARD ¢ =DUCATION. President Baird Causes a Riffle, and Captain Oyster Puts a Quietus un Mrs. Murray. Dr. Chancellor Vindicated. of the Board of Educa The meeting tion was interesting last Wednesday Admiral Baird, in his usual Board to ternoon. dignified manner, called the order, and Secretary Connor, who has ion, read the min tendered his resig meeting, whicn were fe utes of the The most am the meeting was the charges of John | Lissering against Dr, W. Bruce Evans. adopted. ture in | In his charges Mr. Lissering stated that he wanted Dr. Evans suspended because I recommended the of Mr. Monroe, who, he stated, drinks whiskey. The whole matter was inves Admiral Baird, and when appointment tigated by the President read the Collector of which showed that Mr. Lissering had ne report of the Taxes, estate, but paid taxes on personal property to the deal of merriment. Mr, Lissering stated in his communication that he was authorized by the Taxpayers Association, of which he was chairman Mrs. Murray held in her hand a mag- azine article which, she said, she desir- Captain Oys d if she had any charges to make against < He thereupon a Chancellor if he wrote the articies re- ferred to, and in heply he said that he never wrote them nor had he anything gre: ed to have investigated. ter immediately arose and as! She said no. Mrs. Murray quickly found out that her motion was lost, but she declared that it had not been seconded and that she n it. Other minor busi- transacted, after which the had withd ness v Board The resignation of Mr adjourned Connor was a surprise as well as a regret. The ArmstrongManual Training School mat- h ter goes over until after ih “n of Admiral Baird, THE BULI FTIN The Bulletin of the | oreau of Labor, No. 69, has reached us. it embraces in addition to wholesale prices, Kansas, Maryland, West Virginia, Belgium de- sions of courts affecting labor and ¢ represented in this movement for a call} various State laws relating to labor. mount of seventy dollars, it caused a| assertion “that Haywood and Moy to do with them diretcly or indirectly.| sued the detec PARAGRAPHIC — NEWS BY MISS BEATRIZ L. CHASE. | Dr. A. T. Braxton, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, and a prom- inent physician in Columbia, Tenn.,died not long ago. A woman who claims she is a prin- cess and a cousin of the Czar of Russia was detained on board the liner Ven- tura at San Francisco, awaiting the de- cision of the immigration commission as to whether or not she is a victim of trachoma. It was stated this week that the build- ings at Jamestown are about eighty per cent. finished. The revenue cutter Apache arrived at Washington last Monday morning and carried Assistant S etary Edwards and other Treasury offiicals to the the opening of the Jamestown Exposition, The drought in San Juan, Porto Rico, is said to be affecting the sugar planta- tions, Robbers broke into the tailoring es- tablishment of Joseph J. Continett on Thirteenth street northwest, last Sun- day between two o’clock in the after- seven o'clock last Monday morning, and took a blue serge suit. The immigration which met in the room on the Philippines of the Senate, and was in sesson over three noon and commission hours, It is announced that Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, the R. W. G. Secreta ry of the I. O. of St. Luke, will deliver a lecture next Monday at Bethel A, M. E. Chu-ch in Baltimore. Last Monday was the forty-third day of the trial of Dinger Hermann, who is charged with destroying thirty-five letter copybooks of the records of the Government. Garden and Arbor Day was celebrated the first of this week by the students of Normal Schoo] No. 1 and the Frank- lin Public School. Edward Saunders, colored, was ar- rested last Sunday, charged with fur- nishing liquor to minors, The Weather Bureau in this city states this week that winter is about over, The funeral services of Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, who died were held in the Church of the Covenant, of which he was pastor, t Sunday Dr, Hamlin was also pres- ident of the Board of Trustees at How- ard University. t wee afternoon, It is said that much comment was aused at Honolulu, Hawaii, by the an- ncement from the mainland that the residents of Hilo “were considering the advisability of trying to tap the live volcano of Kilauea.” e crowd attended the services at the Cosmopolitan Temple ptist Church, on O street, last Sunday. Rev. Drew, who is the pastor, preached in the morning and in the evening Last Tuesday morning, Baroness Ani- sia Louise de Massey, New York, who is accused of the murder of Gustav Simon, president of the Queen Waist Company, on November 19, 1906, was placed on trial for her life. James W. Cornelius, known as the “gentlema: murderer,” was electrocuted at Columbus, Ohio. It is believed that the wooden lumber barge Arcadia, which left April 12 for Two Rivers, at Manistee, Mich., with a cargo of hardwood, has been lost in Lake Michigan, It is said that the State deration of Labor, which was holding a session , Ala., last Tuesday, wire in Montgome ed the President to explain his alleged er, the , Idaho miners, are not desirable citizens. Red Cloud, the aged chief of the gone blind and is sick It was thought that the five runaway cars which entered the Baltimore and Ohio depot last Tuesday morning in this city would do considerable age, but very little damage was don The next meeting of the Executive Board of the National Baptist Conven- tion will be held at the Vermont Ave- nue Baptist Church May 18. John Harding, of Franklin, Pa. has ive and policeman for false arrest last September for an al- leged attack on a white girl He was never arraigned on the charge, and sues for $5,000, Rev. L. B. Banks, of this city, has accepted’ the call to be the pastor of Morris Chapel Baptist Church at Hen- derson, Ky. Sioux, ha John Temple Graves, at the Iroquois banquet, held in Chicago, stated that either Bryan should name Roosevelt or he — Roosevelt — should name Bryan. This only goes to show that this coun- try is slowly but surely merging into a monarchy. To begin with, Mr. Presi- dent or anyone else has no right to se- lect their successors. The People, by | the Ballot, decide this matter. |