The Washington Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1908, Page 1

EO ni \ y Wp WASHIN i a « x ney TON \\ p> ae Se YAVVEVED US v . \ WOL. 29NO8 WASHINGTON,ED. C., SATURDAY JULY 25, 190 Phe exercis Col. Ps and mar- 1 out} j the new] , which was s lence up street to Gira and rmarched t Bethel he exer- Church the exercis-| h Grand Mas- Tt accommodate Ord es were conducted, w ter W. L. Hb church w: all ton presiding me the and had to stand a e while the s the many i on the out being held church ned with The services ope’ The dedi- the h- music by an orches ered Howard, of Was catory prayer William J. D, C. The choir of the Bethel Rev ington, A Church rendered a musical se and the opening address was ered by former Grand Master W. M who M. deliv- | T. Forrester, of Richmond, Va., had as his subject “The Principles of Odd Fellowship.” Addre Church. “Our Order” was the subject of the address delivered by R. M. Smith Va., a former urer of the Order. of Hampton. who is was deliv- » tary, James Needham, city, who said} that there were more than four hun-| dred thousand members of the Order in the United St with eight thou- sand subordinate lodges. The dedi- catory address was delivered by Ed- ward H. Morris, of Chicago,who was formerly a member of the Illinois Legislature. It was Hutchinson Lodge, No. of Illinois, of which former Grand Master Morris is a member, that ori ed the idea of establish- ing the headquarters in this city. Mr. Morris, in his address, said that the building represented the united ef- forts of the membership of the fra- ternity throughout America, and it showed the unity that existed among the members. “Our Brothers Across the Sea” was the subject of an address by J. 1362, ryices were a McHenry Jones, of West Virginia, who spoke in laudatory terms of the white Order of the lodge in England, which granted to Peter Ogden the charter for the establishment of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows} are compose nf the Ord lone muc the people n relieving the wants f the membership which dges with tings of t mer e gathering. After the clo: bers f the Or- was pronounced Phillips, of enry | 1 will conclu will ul prizes that | be competitive been | > visiting members of } the guests f the variou ed for the ente visitng rson Hollat Dyk n, e, V ] ie; Evelyn Henderson, Mrs Mat urer; W. D. Jones, chaplain. The following local lodges partici- Unity Lo Samaritan nie pated in the f No. 711; Good No. 861; Fraternal Lodge, } Lodge, No. 894; ¢ Phoenix 0 Friendship, Lodge. | Lodg . 895; No. 898; Carthagenian Lodge, No. 401; Mount Olive Lodge, No. 964; Good Will Lodge, No. 10 Radiant No. 1063; Good Hope 1122; Mount Leba a I 1441; ge, No. 1448; Jo. 1546; Gideon Eden Lodge, N. 1878; nantown Lodge, No. 1105; Peace Plenty Lod N. 2586; Phiisa Lodge, No. 2751; Pennsyl- 2 Lodge, No. 3143; La Mo e, No. 3242; New Town Lo 3550; Apollo Lodge, Providencial Lodge, N! Masters’ Council, 0. 2. The Households of Ruth represent- ed in the parade were Nos, 2, 3, 43. Sr, 134, 168, 301, 307, 303, 800, 941, 1133, 1623, 1851, 1903, 2362, 2 1073 THREE WHITES SLAIN IN TEXAS RACE WAR. MOB STORMS JAIL, HANGS FIVE BLACKS ON ONE LIMB, SHOOTS AN- OTHER Troops Are Called Out. Trouble Started by Slaying of White Farmer at Dance in Colored Chu:cli Hemphill, Texas, June 22.—Eleven Negroes have been lynched and three white men killed in a race war in Sahkine county, the State Rangers or- dered out to restore peace, armed bands of whites and blacks are facing each other in several places, and sev- eral encounters have been reported tonight. A mob stormed the jail here last night, seized six Negroes accused of the murder of a white farmer, hang- ed five to one limb and shot the sixth when the noose broke and he was running away. The bodies of three other Negroes were found riddled with bullets this morning. Two oth- ers were shot to death last night. Three were hanged tonight near San Lodge, No. No. St Star Equity i o. Lod; Lodg 1344; William Murphy Keystone Lod: a 131 tt Albans dge, nd es pl delphia 2 A Augustine. Another, arrested with a white man whom he accused of hiring him to slay Robert Wright, is in jail at Cen- ter, having been rushed there under extra guard to save them from the mob. Rangers Pushed Aside, Rangers Lattie and Hamer, med at Center, went to Hemphill | the first of the trouble} ched them. They attempted to take i. The county The county news iow: found| officers officers ves similarly served when they} to uphold the law and, unable ate the situation, they w inforcements. heriff at Hemphill made i ecial officer | been vi | bodies « he Negroes,gav: € all her n sé,scre White men, for Negroes When they reache y the countr heard her. she was sitting beside the body of her : It w went husb; nite avengers the crack of ded that death had the ton, s — were found. with and soon their pi on someone. Later three Tho: charged Evans ¢ Already having hand in the death of Dean, the three ‘Neg had 1 ing vengeance the white they encountered men. Johnson’s d — Ww |} You Foane \ \TO Po ABOUT {UNCL? SAM eae Negroes Lyneched In Texas to swear in fled at his approach, fear- ing that they would be cheated of} their revenge. The frenzied hatred against the) Negroes came as the result of the} shooting of a white mar by Negroes a week ago. At a Negro dance on June 13 William Stimson, a white man, became involved in a row with} the Negroes and was killed with a ra- zor. Two Negroes were arrested for the crime. Last Saturday night Hugh Dean, one of the best-known white farmers, was also killed at a Negro dance. It was proved that he was merely riding by when drunken Negroes set upon him and stabbed him to death. Six Negroes were arrested and im- prisoned in the Hemphill jail. A sev- enth is still at large and a reward of $550 is out for him. Negroes and Whites Arm. The passion stirred up by the kill- ing of Stimson and Dean within a week was increased by the fact that Negroes grew bold and began to flour’ weapons. Six-shooters were prominent and open threats made of what would be done in the event that the white men showed any open ani- ty toward the Negro. The farmers of the vicinity armed themselves with rifles and shotguns and pistols and started on a systemati¢ hunt after every Negro of known bad} tendencies. The county peace officers found they were powerless to cope with the situation. Hurried appeals were made to the Governor, and a squad of Rangers was ordered immediately to the scene. The Houston Light Guards of Houston were intructed to hold themselves in readiness to take a spe- cial train and will leave tonight. This was the situation when the |ed the doors. news went broadcast that Aaron Johnson, another white farmer, had been shot down while sitting on his gallery with his wife and boy and baby. His wife, crazed at the desperate Negroes were known to be partners of a fourth. The latter, Perry Price, would surely have met the same fate of his fellows had not officers cap-4 | aj the race has ever , is out for t. His sup- the f ty is all the more sig- th that at |the fz s Council of Bishops held ji t February the 1 eloquent” wa of the election former candidacy , and his attitude influenc ed many others | Judg e ministry w whereve f their Henry The customed to follow plume waves ivice of t ft be su ft the te: painfully of t especially in the eve ments he hurch. South | “The } Turne “The 1 editorial in his paper, Bishop al Conven- nominat- aft over in C 1 Howa nitedtS > the country for the We hope the Democrats ges people. 1 be elected | offer us nothing for the eleva- nur race. We a more popular man with the r could but the as of elieve he votefs, selected, is id the the have been nominee, a colored as whites, have nc er who represents Re- iment, and there is noth- rally around Mr. have spoken some un- 1 made some un- but te He n fortunate w remarks, as it relates to the but he th of hi be as is before number he will now, ers think t » right and justice as the nee-| to the pole, and we ask for nothing but fair treatment.” The masses of the A. M. E.Church and the race large have faith in the judgment of Bishop Turner, and e willing to follow him in prefer- ence to the agitators who advise a bolt to the party that bases its very nce upon disfr; ement ;that the Jim Crow car law, and y favors the elimination of the and branch, from of these | openly Negro soldier, ro: the military establishment hep 1 States. ro Business League tured and spirited him to San Au-]TWO IMPORTANT AND GREAT gustine after making a confession that he had been given five dollars by Robert Wright, Johnson’s brother-in- law, to kill Johnson. Wright was then arrested and is now in jail at Center, Tex. The jail is guarded heavily, as the rumor has gone abroad that a mob| of white men has captured a Houston east and west train and is forcing the engineer to run to center in or-| der that they may take Wright and} Price and hang them. Break Into Sait. Last night the white men marched to the Hemphill jail. “We want those Negroes,” said the spokesman. “You can’t have them,” replied the guard “Well, by G—, we will take them,” was the answer. With a savage cry the mob attack- out, but were overpowered after mak- ing futile resistance. Into the jail the mob broke, and, | rushing to the cell in which the six Negroes were confinjed, they smash- ed the door and seized the blacks. One hundred yards from the jail grows a clump of huge live-oaks. As they reached these the leader spoke again, “Niggers, say your prayers.” Seven minutes were allowed, and seven ropes descended over the Ne- groes’ heads, one after another. One broke and ran. Immediately a fusil- lade of lead followed him, and he dropped in his tracks. Meantime the noose had been placed on the heads of the others and Judge Lynch was satisfied. .-BISHOP TURNER OUT FOR../ TAFT. Bishop Henry M. Turner, the sen- ior prelate of the great African Meth- odist Episcopal Church, unquestiona- bly one of the strongest intellectual Other guards rushed| OCCASION.S The National Negro Business League is to meet in Baltimore, Md., August 19, Great num- bers of representative Negroes are coming from all parts of the coun- try for this meeting. Many of them will come to Washington. On Au- | gust 24 it has been arranged to in- {vite these visitors to join with the people in Washington in a trip down, the Potomac River to the new Wash- | ington Park, which is to be formally opened and dedicated at that time. {Mr. Lewis G. Jefferson, the proprie- tor of the steamers Jane Moseley and the River Quen, has given the use of his steamers for the benefit of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home Fund. All the profits of the trip are to go toward this fund. More detailed information will appear from , and it is hoped that 20 and 21. time to time each of th ute toward the succes of the other. BISHOP HOOD TO ISSUE STATEMENT. Word has been received by a lead- ing Zion Churchman here that Bish- op J. W. Hood, the senior prelate of the A. M. E. Zion Church, not pleased with the tendency of the ed- itor of the Star of Zion to lead the Church of Varick over into the Dem- cratic party. He holds that the journal és the organ and property of the Zion denomination, and must not be used to voice the personal feel- ings of one man with reference to such a vital proposition as the po- litical attitude of a body embracing six hundred thousand souls. Bishop Hood declares that at the proper is views on the political situation, and mekes it plain that he will urge the Negroes of the country to stand up as one man for the election of Judge Taft. Read The Bee. other | occasions will contrib-: time he will issue a statement of his) PARAGRAPHIC. NEWS By Miss Beatris L. Chase, Odd Fel- | The new biulding of the ; icated |lows of Philadelp! last week. It structure. The crusade rooms jand hotels, etc., is being carried out with untiring efforts by the health officials. It said that the of the Negroes of Ohio will depend largely on the attitude of Senator Foraker. The students many schools at Asbury Park have org: nized a Research and Information Club, Howard University is represented. The labor unions have begun prep- i for their annual celebra- ns September 7. The Outing Committee says that j about twer against lunch votes from ty-four hundred dollars is | needed to conduct the work of the camps. The Amphion excursion was a suce ‘cess from start to finish It is reported that Mr. Taft has given up all sports and has settled down to business. He is preparing his speech for next Tuesday, when the notification committee on him. The reception given the Democrat- lic candidate for Vice President, Mr. John W. Kern, by the citizens of In- dianapolis was purely a non-partisan affair. Vice President presented him calls Fairbanks | Japan has completed arrange vattleships, with a di 20,800 tons and a speed knots. Fairbanks. representative who the Prince Wales in Canada, reached Quebec last Tues- day. The Knights of Pythias ther annual session at Odd Hall last Monday morning. delegates attended. Major Taylor, the sustained serious injuri ing part in the races France. It may not be long before other departments will follow the exam- ple set by the fire and police depart- ments in refusing applicants with false teeth A terrible followed the overcrowding of a pleasure launch going from Manila to Corregidor last week. So far no Americans are listed with the drowned. James T. Clements, a fireman, sued the Capital Traction Company for $15,000 damages for alleged person- al injuries. A party of rich and refined wom- < to go to China to teach Chinese women A boy was shot to death in Wheel- ing, W. Va., last week by a bullet intended for a mad dog. A patent drier for drying the clothing of carriers has been placed in the sewing room of the postoffice. It was not certain what was the real cause of the recent illness of the Chinese Emperor. Custom for- bids publication. | Arrangements are being perfected ifor the removal of the body of L-En- Vice President the the United States welcomed of opened Fellows Many disaster en left our shores this wee ;fant from Maryland to the campus of the Catholic University The total appropriations made at the last session of Congress were $1,008,397,543-56. Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham was in- stalled pastor of Fifth Street Bap- tist Church, Richmond, Va., last Thursday evening. A special program was rendered. The number of words in Mr. Taft’s speech to the notification committee is about four thousand. The farmers of the United States are being urged by Messrs. Bryan and Kern to contribute to the Dem- ocratic campaign fund. Postmaster Barnes left the city {last Saturday for a month’s vacation -on the New England Coast. News comes from Lndon that the American athletes are very much dis- satisfied with the treatment given them by the officials of the Olympic games. Mr. Sidney Bieber, formerly fire (Continued from first page).