The Washington Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1907, Page 1

VOL. XXVINO. 51 OPEN LETTER at ion for Mr. mination? By no su feel? Do you know that | t, Pre have sident »vernme never | nt » patronage isfy his am bi- s is a republic and pposed to rule ter in this and r how t try not he in wn with the Senator from uw, sir, t Senator t be deserted and neither rican people tolerate execu- zarchy in the t a b; at- or upon he destiny of balance He has been faith- At a time when Joseph Ben- Democra' Demc ratic Mr. President ; able to crush Republic ith y Joe C et me will lose nti annon give y Oh party of yu 0, Jersey, li al candi Vice-President jominee of t he mitrol the next Taft feel that fic t to take the advice of his It >w n reason. Suppc his-ambition ose ion to the len in the c nerve meai onver uld that as- ns. on to speak and ye several colored del Mr »w to vote ention President, an expression from the s shortly and then you will entimer 1 try, unc ou had done have You Pp it th mutch nd. How vote Mr i it President did y ~ We ‘ou of Maryland last t prevails through- all will emphasized at I was told the other failed to se have an any confiden e it, so much for the Mr. boasted that you er President ce in the n of John Temple Graves, do ir. Bryan declared for u know Tillman sit upon the platform with Of course you know Mr. will be the nominee of the Demo Bryan party. n You oug ticket I was and your amused to see t to run on the strength. iaven’t much faith in civil service, ou. The reason I say ‘so is be- I become y ou never follow it ich amused when you say that t a clean man for office. If you the world over you could not d. Many ked a worse crow appointees want to mz moment f them it you are a sensationalist. I Rockefeller’s money, Mr. Presi- would be something doing I would not deal in stocks. put that money where I could it. What situation Just watch Senators Foraker and lenever what will be done. go for Mr. Taft if the colored you don’t mean I needed of the Ohio appoint ear oe ints for anything at all. I e made no change in your ex- departments. prejudice and discrimination, w. Don’t you deceive s te elf The the lored peop! TOW pr ec- them. rey fl Ohio see There is a great It American people will ‘oper time You have e more harm than has occupied the execu- e to be \ Y ‘ISTS THE EL AT XITOR. JAME N EXPOSITION. Ter May 10.— Baptist Publishi ler the direct cc Baptist Conver located will have a special exhibit at This n is the largest printing pla Jamestown Expo: binding establishment ew occupy six buildings three two-story, four two-story, and two one-story buildings, situated at the cor-| avenue, North. | hundred ner of Locust and Second They employ several skilled workmen, and can produce everything in the printing line, from a calling card The founder of this H. D.D., It secretary, treas to an encyclopedia Rev. R L.D., who is at pre institution, Boyd, urer and manager, will be at the sition Grounds in Norfolk this week to ge for the big exhi The display to be m Expo- by this stu cial exhibit of the Negro Baptists of the United 2,300,000. States, numbering something over The institution is only leven years old, yet last year’s business 1ounted up to and over $1 They propose to show the h periodi work that has been made by employees, and to demonstrate through a tangible exhibit the marvelous ress Of the race in the higher realms of all arts.” “art preservative OHIO FOR FORAKI - May — Senato: Foraker’s friends in the sta thwarted ntra committec plan of the Taf yeste secure from that committee wh expected t present to the country 2 ndorsemet of Taft for the presidential nom Chairman Brown hesitated to ca the meeting of his committee’ for nearly Dick twenty-four hours after Senator had cancelled the call f the r the pr conference, and in meantime the Taft organization was actively sounding the members of the state mittee central com ald and for a meeting for the single pur to ascertain whether they we pose of indorsing Secretary Taft for the The members of the would all vote for ment of Taft for dency, it was found, but many of Presidency com- mittee the indorse- } Presi- them insisted that it must be accompanied by Senator Foraker e-election to the S Secretary the a resolution mdorsing ate. Taft Scheme Beaten WI jot On t n they found that the latter was e program, the friends of Sen Foraker announced their detention | y, thus making it clear ion of the ‘Taft organ- 1 could not be put through unani- mously, if at all, colored Re- of the State is being held here the call of Editor H. C Smith of the Cleveland Gazette to take behalf \ meeting of prominent publicans today under action in Senator Foraker. Mr. Smith ga ment of the morning: » following state of the meeting this eo ag © insist upon being consulted by the leaders of the Republican party be- fore the indorsement of any Republican candidates for the Presidential nomina tion. Z ainst Taft. “2. To express our most emphatic opposition to the indorsement of Secre- tary Taft for within the gift of the people, because of Taft's in- disfranchisement in the efforts to any position dorsement of South his unreasonable fasten the alleged Brownsville (Texas) crime upon the black battalion, and through them upon their entire race. and “3. To insist upon an indorsement of Foraker for may Members of the conference are determined that the Republicans of Ohio shall understand thoroughly that Senator any position he seek. they are in possession of no power great enough to bring about the support of the 40,000 negro voters of Ohio.” A permanent organization will be ef fected, METHODIST CONFERENC The conference of the A. M. E. Zion} Church was convened in the Galbraith Church Wednesday morning with Bish- op J,. W. Clinton presiding. The churc! | presented a beautiful appearance. Ev-} erything was new Indeed, Galbraith | was in her new dress from head to foot Dr. S. L. Corrothers z his faitk sendous publishing plant will be the offi- | ' church members gave the bishops and pastors a ro The address of Bishop Clinton was f ‘al reception. ening | encouragemen conference wi! week, ONE CENT!! W. H. H. Hart, who s company, was given a verdict ra This is the end{ i week | for one cent damag of the celebrated case. the people in this city are e sense. There seems to b. ity of action in business affairs. e whenever a white preacher is the colored brother he see to rk more, and indeed harder. il in school affairs. The appeal Court of Cardoz was argued last week. the Appeals will hand down its decision in a few weeks no doubt. are to be some changes in the schools shortly. Just what state. they the colored norma’ will be transierred I am told, and no doubt important c school 1 other anges will be in other departments. the I am told that they have dec est until next winter. school agitators are quiet ded I don’t ‘ould of the courts the Board of Ed judges appoi There cs ire several ministers in the city next week the city will be lively The} Wiat | Saw Andtleaid/PARAGRAPHIC. NEW! BY mISS BEATRIZ L, CHASE n, Ga., Dispatch makes me Troy steam laund ve 55 persons of v Crosk This is in Macon, Ga. such f sample of the pref. ding as the follow ks must uld be American paper. Hon last ept their colored chief found on the page of any| John P. Green delivered a lecture Thursday | Church, | “Dunk | evening at Cory M. E. Chicago, his subject be of whom he was an intima frie - % . Bishop Smith pays a high tribute to |the dark-skinned people of Texas, and|* thinks that they Pr are solving their own blem. Miss ora Hyman, one of our teach kindergarten New York, last week. t ¢ attenc lectures HON. WM. WARNER A.M. E I am very much pleased with the pres- He is an with the Zion members. nt of Howard Universitly cco! sman. I to see my dear and old friend Prof. H plished gent m anxious M. Brown return to his home. It is so strange that our best educators are com- pelled to leave their homes and~seek employment elsewhere. I met my genial friend Wm. Mayes a well. I am pleased to learn, however, that his few days He was not so sickness was not serious. I must congratulate my friend Jerome A. Johnson, president of Men’s Club of St. Lute’s Church. This is one of the most interesting organiza- tions in the ci The solid Washington belong to this club. I understand that Mr. Charles H. Pe- men of ters is dangerously ill at his home on|} 11th street. I hope that he will recover sooner. FAIRPLAY. WHAT ARMSTRONG IS DOING. Two of the graduates of the -Arm- strong Manual Training School, who re- cenfly passed the Board of Steam En- gineers has won for themselves respon- sible positions. John Gaines, a son of the janitor of the Summer School, is night engineer of the heat power elevat- or and lighting plant of the Savoy Apart- ment House at the head of 14th street one of the largest flat buildings in the city. Benjamin Mahoney, a former stu- | dent of Hampton who received his train- | ing as engineer at Armstrong, has won | the position of engineer in charge of-the gest preparatory high school in the y of Greater Pittsburg, where he ha supervision over five assistants. The young m excellent training received David Floyd : Armstrong, w Baltimore holds the highest cl cense of any colored mai READ THE BEE. Mr. | | the en reflect in high degree | Mr. Conn., in 1879, died at the age of 57 at his home, New Haven, Conn., last Mon- | day morning. The Brownsville investigation was re- sumed last Tuesday. There was a num- ber of witnesses, The school commissioners of Freder- ick County, Md., will ask the state to appropriate $1,500 to establish an imdus- trial school for the colored children of Frederick City. Of course Baltimore, Md., is proud of all her councilmen, including Harry S. Cummi who is a dark-skinned mem- ber Rev. J. M. Connor, who is stationed ‘at Ft. Smith, Ark. is a candidate for Bishop in his connection, the A. M. E. Church. The week University will begin M June 3. The Rock Hill Messenger has been expecting The Bee to fight the James- town Exposition. So well, so good, About twenty y ago the Hotel Men's sociation met here and last at Biddle 26 and end commencement ars annual convention. The board of ‘embalming of New Jer- sey reports that women are failures as embalmers because at a practical test each one of twenty women fainted when the incision in a dead body was made to get hold of an artery into which the | fluid was to be injected. | Mr. Tillman says that the President {is anxious for another term, and that {the Taft boom has not gone much fur- ther than the executive mansion, Miss Sarah J, Johnson, one of the best | teachers of Charleston, N. C., was mar- ried on the 2d of this month to Rev. e Carson, a leading minister in the | Catawba Presb tery. Last Sunday was a day of thanksgiy- f 200,000 men and women of| | the t People” connected with ithe U. O. of Odd Fellows in America. | Now is the time to join the L. O. of Herbert Hayden, the central fig- ure in a murder trial iin North Madison, { | May Monday they met here again in the 28th! | St. Luke, for it is one of the best organ- rtise- lianapolis, ling articl as the country lost their lives in train wreck near Honda, Cal. Southern Workman for the month he Lowell expedition to the Andes the purpose of photo- als and markings upon , sailed from New York steamship Panama, yuntains for r>Colon on the st Saturday. Victor Emmanuel, while visiting ernational art exhibition at Ven- week, the American ” work mired one the agents of Birmingham, Ala., is re- having been seriously hurt ley car last week, ler a speedy a colored Y. M at a cost of $200,- amount the raised $1,000, the rest colored cement Univer dur exercises ty, Tenn., the past < was considered the best. Cleveland G. Allen, colored, won the the closing New York in ¢ work at work at the ool, New York. Gilchrist Stewart of New York audience at the Lyric His sub- vening S Mr. a large Baltimore, Md., last week. ject was “The Negro Soldier. The Mutual Fire Insurance Company is said to be one of the ddressed f Cordele, Ga., st enterprising companies in that city. The commencement exercises of Tus- kegee Institute, A will begin the 26th of this month Another naval delegation from the mestown exposition arrived in this city st Tuesday afternoon, as the guests nf the government of the United States. The Philadelphia and Baltimore an- nual conference of the A. M, E. Zion Church convened in the main auditorium of Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church, this 7.30 o’clock P. M. last Tuesday and admirers of Hon, H. WN. G,. are in the lead © friend ham of Littleton, him to rem zeneral interest P, Thirkield, D.D., Pres- ident of Howard Univer has bey ked to deliver leading schools. Some people say that Mr. Tillman is Don't you think it; not sane, he is as sane as any living man, but he has his own way of doing and saying great little things Hon. J. W. Lyons made the graduat- address at Haines School, Ga. At the State Bar Asociation Banquet 8, Vick Miss, Hon. Leroy Percy of Greenville, Miss. responded to “Our Countr: burg, the toast, was brilliant and enthusiastically receiv od For a time the Jamestown Exposition was absorbed by the advent of a royal heir to the throne of Spain. Ail association of one thousand young men in Chicago have formed an organ- ization to be known as “An Economy League.” It is the wish of the many-Jriends of Hon. Robert Small that his restoration to healt may be speedy MR. J. A. LANKFORD IN NOR- FOLK AND RICHMOND, VA. Mr. J. A, Lankford Norfolk Monday and Tuesday of t He was there to look after the construction of St. John’s A. M. E. Church parson- age, which now under construction, and to present to the Queen Street Bap- tist Church plans for their new parson- age, which plans were unanimously ac- cepted by the board. He was in Richmond on Wednesday and Thursday, looking after the large flats and residence of Dr. W. L. Tay- lor, president of the True Reformers, also to meet the building committee of While in Richmond he presented to Lawyer J. C. Robinson, torney for the True Reformers, plans for a large twelve-room brick residence one two-story brick flat, also plans large stable, carriage and automo- e for Dr. W. L. Taylor. was in week. the Southern Aid. and mon ; last Sunday at the ch, M street between N. W. There was READ THE BEE. | | | { { | C. A. | tions ~MIRGIAREPUBLICANS DEMAND FOR LAWYER JONES Petersburg, Va., May 15, 1907 The Bee :— Attorney Fit The coming of Thomas L. I Jones will be hailed with delight by the white and colored Republicans of Vir- ginia. There is no young man better k and appreciated by the Republi- The great npaign in this district several years ago electrified the Republican party The Republicans want such a leader in the State. The first meeting that be ddressed by Attorney Jones will be in the city of Petersburg. The largest hall Virgin will in the city has been engaged and every made to give him a After Attorney Jones’ prepa has be royal reception. peech here he will address the Repub- licans of Farmville. It is claimed that this will t st gatherings held This young Re- ve One of the larg f Republicans that has ever n this historic place publican has lots of followers and ad- anxious to have the Republican Convention. mirers here who are him to represent them in next Na- This is e address- Foraker ifidently 1 Foraker meeting that is to Attorney Jones. S T strong here and it is c but Thomas L. ed by s very stated that delegates none Foraker can be elected. Jones is a ving been ed in Wash- feel native Virginian and his f him, ington, nirers The meeting that will be with here is forward to and uddresses at some of the? xand the His address} REGISTER VERNON IN BOSTON. Hon. W, T. Vernon, Register of the last Treasury, went to Boston week where he spoke on the night of the 8th at the Charles Street Church, subject, “The Negro in America,” to a crowded house. Reports of his address in the Boston Guardian and the dailies indicate that he made a fine Boston. All the papers ran his cut and very impression upon gave quite an elaborate “write up” of his speech. The first day the Register and Dr. R visiting >. Ransom went sight seeing, Faneuil Hall, the Attucks monument and Bunker Hill, together with many other points of great historic interest. Visiting Governor Curtis Guild, he had a very interesting interview with him, and found the Governor to be a very Sant gentleman. He with Courtney and Roberts, the latter lunched being a member of the Common Council. He also visited the legislature, and was the guest of the speaker of the House the while President of Senate the houses were in session. He had a very interéSting chat with Sergeant Carney the famous old hero of the civil war, reminis- cent, and related many inter of the great war in which he played such A banquet was tendered him by the citizens at Young’s Hotel, one of the leading hostelries of the city, Mr. Forbes acting as toastmaster. Mayor Fitzgerald was present and spoke, inviting the Reg” ister to return to the city at some time who became ting events in the future as it Altogether the Register is mu ed with Boston and its very courteous ) and hospitable people. NEGROES OR CHINESE WANTED AS TENANTS guest. ch pleas- Flatbush Property Owner Takes Means to Get Even with Real Estate Agents. New York, May 7.—Angered by the hustling ability of otner owners of real estate who have rented their property in Linden avenue, Fiatbush, and saying his prospective tenants were taken away from him by unfair means, C. H. Luers- sen, who controls a house at No, 259 Linden avenue, yesterday caused con- sternation in the street by the following sign hung in the windows: “Apartments to Let For Colored People.” The block is one in which there are many private houses owned by the occu- pants and the apartments are of high grade. There is only one tenant in the Luerssen house, David G. Brown. When Mr. Brown ‘saw the sign he declared tunless it was removed he would leave the house at once. A majority of the tenants of No. 261 say they will move, and real estate deal- ers and agents fear an invasion of Ne- Flatbush. The real estate groes into , agent who had the keys of the house sent them to Luerssen as soon a the sign. Luerssen is a policeman attached -to the Snyder street station. He is report- ed to have declared that he would rent | the property to a Chinese if he did not get Negro tenants. READ THE BEE. a