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OUR ACCOUNT WITH THE RAILROADS.

The following Treasury Department figures show the amounts due the United States from Pacific railroads account of bonds issued in aid of their construction: Central Pacific S62 521 2S3; Western Pacific, $5,4154 409; Central Branch Union Pacific s, 763. .17S Sioux City and Pacific. S4, 225 0S3; total. $75.924,965. The Gov ernment has been reimbursed for S21, 236, 5l2 principal and 31,2l1,u1 interest, being the total indebtedness of the Union Pacific Rail road Company to November l. 1897, and for the principal of the Kansas Pacific indebtedness amounting to S6 BOB 000
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BAGS-Calcutta Grain Bags for next season. nominal at 47sG5c; Wool Bags, 2602sc; San Quentin Bags, s4 S5.
 COAL-wellington, s per ton; New Yelling ton, sS; Southfeld Wellington, s7 50: Seattle s6 Bryant, SC; Coos Bay, s5: Wallsend, s7 SO; Scotch SS; Cumberland. $ 5Jd9 in bulk and s1O G10 25 in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg S14; Camel, SS 50 per tom Rock Springs and Castle Gate, g 60; Coke SIP per ton in bulk and S14 in sacks.
 RICE-China mixed, sS s5@4 China No 1, s4 55@4 95; extra do. 8 f0@5 40; Hawaiian $5 5O; Janan s5 121aGD5 50; Louisiana, s5 5066 50.
 SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Com pany quotes, terms net cash Cube, Crushed and Fine Crushed. 6Bc; Powdered, 6Ac; Candy Granulated. 5Mc: Dry Granulated, SAC; Confec- tioners' A, SAC; California A. 5lac; Magnolia A. sac; Extra C. 5Ac; Golden c. 5lsc: half-barrels. Kc more than barrels, and boxes 1ac more. No order taken for less than 75 barrels or its va
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BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.

Butter is well cleaned up and very firm at a further advance. Cheese is steady. Eggs are quiet and unchanged. with ample supplies for current needs.
 BUTTER
 Creamerg-Faney creameries. 2S@2s14c; sec grades, 1S622c.
 Pickied Goods-Firlin. 17@1Sc; pickled roll, 1l@1Sc; creamery tub, nominal.
 Eastern Butter-Ladle packed, 16ai6Jhc per h. Elgin. 22q221ac.
 CHEEsE-Choice mild new. 1114@12c: old. 10 Q1lc; Cream Cheddar 120l25c; Young Amer ica. l2c: Eastern I26l3c.
 EGGs-Ranch Eggs, 3salS5c per dozen; com mon Eggs, 30G321kc; Eastern. 20Q25c for ordi- nary and 27kQ28Rc for fancy.
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

Hogs are quiet and In sufficient supply. Mutt ton Is easier. Veal too, is fraction off. Beef is unchanged.
 Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers are as follows
 BEEF-First quality. e1kc; second quality. sc; third quality, 41a651ac.
 VEAL-Large 61z@71ac; small. 6kGSc per lb. MUTTON-Wethers. 7@71sc; Ewes, 614Q7c. LAMB-Sc per ID. ~
 PO9K-Live Hogs, 4c for large, 414c for me- dium and 3A@D31ac for small; stock Hogs, 2l5@ Sc; dressed Hogs. 6d61Ac for prime
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about 1c under the quotations Heavy saitea Ias steers lOc; medium ske light Sef se e0Sahs sc; dry ipes Kip and ioa veal ise dry Cali Ic sheepskn4as shearlings l5@25c each; short wool; ooSe1 10 each; medium e0GS0c; long wool. 9ucQsl ~ each Horse Hides. salt. q 1892 for large nlH Ea .5c for small; Colts, 5oe Horse Hides dry' si ~
 TALLOW-No l rendered. 31a@3Sc per lp' No. 2, 29ac; refined 424@5c; Grease, 2c. 70
 WOOL-Spring clps-Southern Mountain, i5 months. 7@9c; San Joaquin and Southern, months. S99c Foothill and Northern. free, l2 @14c; Foothill and Northern, defective, 9qllc; Humboldt and Mendocino. 14l16c; Nevada. log 13c; Eastern Oregon 10@12c.
 Fall Wools-
 Northern Mountain ..........................S so 3 Mountain ........................... TO Plains .......................... 60
 HOPS-ls9S crop 121hG14c per lb for ordinary 15@16c for good and 17919c for choice to fancy.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, Dec 9.--Consols 1101a: silver 2715d; French rentes. 1o2f 771ac; wheat cargoes of coast nothing doing; cargoes on passage easier, Sd lower; Oregon, 2Ss. English country markets, quiet.
 LIVERPOOL, Dec. 9.-WHEAT-Duil; wheat in Paris, dull four in Paris. weak; French country markets, easy; weather in England unsettled.
 COTTON-Uplands, 3 5,S2d.
 WHEAT-Spot No. red Western winter dull 6s 21ad; No red Northern spring dull, 6s Ed
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An area of high pressure is central in Colo rado and Wyoming, in which section the bar ometer reads above HOO inches. From this section the pressure diminishes rapidly toward the California coast, and is causing severe northeast winds and gales along the coast from Point Conception northward. The maximum wind velocities Point Reyes 96 miles northeast per hour; Fort Canby east 62 miles; Mount Tamalpais. northeast 56 miles: San Francisco northeast A miles; San Diego southeast 2S miles. Rain has fallen in Solth- ern California south Of Los Angeles, and snow in foothill regions above 1000 feet elevation Snow and sleet have fallen in Arizona Else where the weather remains fair More rain with snow in foothills is expected in Southern California
 Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours, ending midnight. December To- 1898:
 Northern California-Fair Saturday probably increasing cloudiness Saturday night; killing frost where wind ceases: high northeast wind
 southern California-Cloudy Saturday with local ram. changing to snow in mountains and foothills; brisk to high east wind
 Nevada-Fair Saturday.
 Utah-Fair Saturday
 tion Saturday. P0'-
 For San Francisco and vicinity-Fair satur- day probably increasing cloudiness Saturday V nght; high northeast wind.
 special report from Mount Tamalpais-Clear. wind northeast AS miles; maximum ternpera, , lure, 4e; current temperature 40 degrees
 w. H. HAMMON Forecast Official
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BUCKWHEAT-Is nominal.
FLOUR AND MILLsTUFFs.

FLoUR-Family extras. s4 15@4 25: bakers extras 8 9094 per bbl.
 MILLSTUFFS-Pric in sacks are fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour $3 9 per 100 lbs; Rye Flour. g 75 per 100; Rice Flour, s7; Cornmeal, g 90: extra cream Cornmeal, s o5; Oatmeal s4 25; Oat Groats, s4 50; Homny 8 25G3 50: Buckwheat Flour. s4@4 25; Cracked Wheat sS 75; Farina. s4 50; Whole Wheat Flour, s3 50; Rolled Oats (barrels). $5 859G 25; In sacks 5 65qe 05; Pearl Barley. s: Split Peas, s4 %: Green Peas. s4 50 1nn Inc
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PROVISIONS.

Pure Lard Is lsc higher No other changes The market is quiet
 CURED MEATS-Bacon. 71kc per tb for heavy, Sc for light medium, 1Oc for light 1o,Sa for exe-a light and 12@125kc for sugar c,,rad. . Eastern Sugar-cured Hams, 10l10Jsc: CalifornIa' Hams. s1s@9%c; Mess Beef, sl0 per bbl: extra Mess Beef $l1: Family Beef. SIP 50: extra l6; Smoked Beef. l1lk@12c per ib s.' 00v
 LARD--Tierces quoted at 51ac per lb for compound and 7@7Ac for pure: half-barreIs pure. 71sc; 10-lb tins Sc; 5-lb tins SIC
 OTTOLENE-Tierces. 5M@6Ac; packages less than 300 lbs. lib pals, 60 in Q case. aisc. 3-lb pails. 20 in case Sssc; 5-lb pails 12 in a case. SEC: 10-lb pais. in a case sac: 5o-lh tins, l or ? in case. 77sc; wooden buckets, 20 barrels, about 110 lbs. 7%c.
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NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET.
OREGON.

 PORTLAND, Or. Dec 9tWalla Walla wheat was quoted here to-day at 57Qp5Sc and as one dealer expressed it. the only reason that it not quoted lower is because there is so little offering"
 The market has reached stage where there is very little encouragement 10 do business and it is almost certainty that anything like q free selling movement would send the price down few cents per bushel Valley is nominal at COG, with none offering. Blue stem, 61062c. The foreign wheat shipments from Portland for the week ending to-day were 230. POS bush els
 WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Dec o.-Wheat-Clup. 5Sc: blue stem, G1@62c
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PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
For Friday. December g.
FAMILY RETAIL MARKET.

Butter is dearer and Eggs cheaper
 Yesterdays gale will tend to make Fish scarcer and higher for the moment.
 Turkeys are cheaper. Otherwise Poultry stands about the same. Game is in average supply at the usual prices.
 The summer Vegetables are generally dearer. Fruits show particular change.
 Following is The Calls regular weekly price list
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EXPORTS OF SPECIE.

Exports of specie from this port during the first eleven months of the year were s51. loS,9IS, against Sil 37S 134 for the time in 1897, and consisted mainly of S. 250, sos in silver bars. s4, ,OS2 3S5 in Mexican dollars s508, 016 in silver coin s42 s7S 9sO in gold coin and S50S OCT in cur rency Of this years shipments China took SC 057 034; Japan S3000 India, si15900; Honolulu, $753, 000; Central America, Sl29, 2S2, and New York s43 Ta7 S5l
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, Dec 9.-wheat opened weak and lower. Liverpool news oversha dowed every thing else at the immediate opening That market showed declines ranging from s@1Ad. very emphatic response to yesterdays weak ness in this market. Its effect was marked. though not very lasting. May opened at SEQ 6zSc, but almost immediately jumped to 65c.
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DEcIDUoUs AND CITRUS FRUITS.

The cold weather affects the sale of Oranges, Lemons and Lines. and all are dull and weak Berries also slow.
 Cranberries weak. Very few Grapes are seen now.
 DECIDUOUS FRUITS
 Strawberries, S1 50613 per chest for large and = for small.
 Cranberries. s7 5O09 per barrel for East ern and $1G11 50 per box for Coos Bay
 Grapes, 60cQs1 per box and crate.
 Apples 35460c for common 75cGH per box for No. and sl 25@1 50 for choice. Lady Ap- ples. s1Q1 50.
 Pears-50c6s1 25 per box.
 Persimmons-e5c6ps1 9 per box
 CITRUS FRUITS-Navel Oranges s263 ner box: Seedlings. s1 25G2: Mandarins slGDl 80: Lemons. s1G2 for common and $2 50Gl4 for good to choice; Mexican Lines S3 5G6D4: Call fornia Lines, 25a5Oc per small box: Grape Fruit, s1 50@4; Bananas, s1 50Q2 per bunch: Pineapples, S3@5 per dozen.
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BEANS AND SEEDS.
There is nothing new in any description. Tn

There is nothing new in any description. The market is dull.
 BEANs-Bayos, s2G2 10: Small Whites, s2 1892 20; Large Whites, s1 SoG1 95: Pinks. S2@2 10: Reds. 8 1903 25; Blackeye g 75@i. Butters, S2d2 50; Limas. 8 2503 35: Pea S2 Soq 50; Red Kidneys. s2 4Od2 50 per ctl.
 SEEDS-Brown Mustard, $4 50q4 75 per ctli yellow Mustard. s4 %: Flax, $2@2 %: Canary Seed, 2Ai2s4c per lb: Alfalfa. 61s07c; Rape. 2AQ2&c: Hemp. 21s@Sc; Timothy 5Q5lAc.
 DRIED PEAS-Niles. $1 50g1 75; Green, s1 75 GDl S5 per ctl
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was weak: creameries 14@20c: dairies. 1S@1Se. Cheese steady; Si2a10isc. Eggs, firm; fresh, -22Q221kc.
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BANK CLEARINGs

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The following table. compiled by Bradstreet shows the hanl. c1aor ings at the principal cities for the week ended December 8. with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the correspond- ing week last year.
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~Not included in totals because containing other items than ciearings
 'fNot included in totals because Of no com parison for last year
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WEATHER REPORT.

020th Meridian-Pacific Time)
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec g, D. m The following the seasonal rainfalls to 4ate compared with those of same date last season, and rainfalls in twenty-four hours:
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Cash quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
 Flour, dull; No. spring Wheat, 61@621zc; No. red, 671A@6Slac; No. 2 Corn S3i4Q3SSae; No. 2 Oats, 26l4 @26s4c: No. 2 white 2ac; No. 5 white, 27@29c; No. Rye. 5SAc; No Barley. f. 0. b.. 4od51c: No. Flaxseed. s1 ol; Prime Timothy Seed. S2 25 Mess Pork, per barrel g 90677 95; Lard per 100 pounds. si e5a5 07lk: Short Rib Sides, loose. s4 45@4 65: Dry Salted Shoulders, boxed, 44@4ssc; Short Clear Sides. boxed, si 80 GA S5 Whisky. distillers' finished Soods per gallon. s1 26; Sugar, cut loaf and granulated,
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LOCAL MARKETS.
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS

WHEAT-The Rajore takes for Cork T, 2ls ctis, valued at $S6, ,352.
 The market rather frmer on call but the spot situation was unaltered Spot wheat-shipping. s1 13%@1 1sA milling. q l71s@1 22ls.
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COMMERCIAL WORLD.
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Silver lower.
 Wheat rules dull. Barley higher. Other Grains unchanged. Hay inactive. Bran and Middlings firm. Rolled Barley advancing. Beans and Seeds unchanged. Potatoes and Onions steady. Summer Vegetables scarcer Butter cleaned up and firm. Eggs and Cheese unchanged. 4 car of Eastern Poultry sold. Game about the same. Citrus Fruits dull. Cranberries weaker. Dried Fruits motionless. Lard advanced. Mutton and Veal weaker. Beef and Pork unchanged. Some variation in Rice. Increased shipments of Specie. Increase in local gold coin circulation
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SUN, MOON AND TIDE.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
 Times and Heights of High and Low
 Waters at Fort Point entrance to San
 Francisco Bay. Published by official au-
 thority of the Superintendent.
 NOTE-The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf, about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places.
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TIME BALL.

TIME BALL Branch Photographic Office U S. N, Mer- chants Exchange, San Francisco. Cal. De- cernber g. 1898.
 The time ball on the tower of the new Ferry building was dropped at exactly noon to-day i. e.. at of the 120th meridian. or at o'clock D. m. Greenwich mean time
 ". s. HUGHES,
 Lieutenant, U s. N. in charge.
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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10.

.NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide and the last right hand column gives the last tide of the day. except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occur. The heights given are additions to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts except when minus sign e -precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted fromS the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters.
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THE LONDON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here were quiet to-day. the only fea- ture being an improvement in Kaffirs on first dividend declarations by the leading deep-level mines. The dividends Of five mines alone in- volve a cash distribution of Sl,000, 000
 Americans were quieter. Under New York support the market firm at first but then became easier and prices consequently closed under the best. l am told that the recent buy ing of gold by Spain for shipment to Havana may be repeated
 CLOSING.
 LONDON. Dec. 9.-Canadian Pacific, Ss4 i: Grand Trunk, I1s; bar silver weak 27iad; money, 2A421a per cent
 Spanish As closed at 41A.
 PARIS, Dec. 9.-Spanish Is closed at 42O5.
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San Francisco data-Maximum temperature, 54 minimum temperature A; mean tempera- ture. 50 degrees. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 ZORRO fST
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COLD CON MOVEMENT.

The movement of gold coin at San Francisco for the first eleven months of the year was as follows:
 Paid for sS,S.a'S0t Exported 4Z6f9VOs
 Total withdrawn ................... SiS, 296, S0O Coined November 30................. 53.SS 800
 Gain to local circulation............ S5,724,20O Last year there was a gain to local circula- ton of S321. 900 for the eleven months.
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PoRTLAND's BUSINESS.

PORTLAND. Or. Dec. 9.-walla walia whea, 5SS; balances SAP, 052.
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HIDES. TALLow. WOOL AND HOPS.

Previous prices rule for all descriptions.
 HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell
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church, and on the way thitber uos warned that some hints of the bisra %as church movement had penetrated nSer a,, that sylvan solitude. 'Feh My friend, the vicar" said the ,or, of the manor, twill take what caII IIro collection and he calls an offertorv ana q afterward what I call plate and "1a ba calls an aims dish will be placed on Uha4 I call a table and he calls an altar " From the Youths Companion.
 THE CALL CALENDAR.
 December 1Sos
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Sioux Falls. S. D.
Totals, U. S. ..s1, 6sl, 6s2, 1s1 Totals outside

Totals ...s Ss, ll4.744
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STEAMERS TO SAIL.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-26

say, there will be hot time, if
Spain did it. The thousands of
patriotic Americans of Caucasian
blood who are willing to go to war
will be supplemented by thousands
of colured men who will vie with
them in patriotism and bravery on
the field of battle. If he is given
but fair snow the colored volun.
teer will put up as bold and solid a
front. work up to the approved
tactics and capture as many flags,
positions and men as a given num-
Der of his white compatriots will
dare do. Let President Mckinley
and Congress say the word and
recruiting will be land-otfice bus
iness.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-26

times as many as seventy-hve men in
her employ. In Halifax; Nova Scotia.
the principal ice. plant of the CITY is
owned and managed by one of our
women.
In the learned professions the color
ed women are doing well, and some
few have given evidence of real litera-
ry ability In sculpture we are repre-
sented by woman upon whose work
Italy has set her seal of approval, and
in painting by young woman whose
works were exhibited in the last Paris
salon. Some of our young women
hold diplomas from the foremost mn-
sical Conservatives in the land. And
SO, lifting as we climb, onward and up
ward we go. struggling and striving
and hoping that the buds and bios.
SONS of our desires will burst into
glorious fruitlon, ere long. With
courage born of success achieved in
the past, with keen sense of respon-
sibility which we shall continue to as
sumo, We look forward to a future,
large promise and hope Seeking no
favorS because of our color, nor pat
ronage, because of our needs, we
knock at the door of justice and ask
for an equal chance.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-26
WOMEN IN THE SUNDAY
SCHOOL
THEY ARE INFINITLY BETTR THAN
MEN AS TEACHERS OF CHILDREN.

"The chief and underlying cause of
says Edward Box in the March
Ladies Home Journal, els the selec'.
ion of incapable and incompetent men
as superintendents. Ifmen of broader
views and keener perceptions were
superintendents of our Sunday-Schools
the necessity for few changes in the
teachers would at once be apparent,
and they would be promptly made, :"
writes Mr.. Box. One ofthese changes
would be that the masculine element
In the active conduct would begin and
end with superintendent, compe-
tent assistant or two, and systematic
librarian.
The sooner that our churches realize
that women, and women alone, should
be the teachers of the young in their
schools. the nearer they will come to
the ideal condition. The more
woman has to do with a child, the
better for the child. And the more
sympathetic, tender and well-bred
women and the fewer men we have as
teachers in our Sunday-schools, the
better it will be for the children and
the schools. But no woman, occupied
In business during the week, should,
either of her own volition or under
pressure, allow herself to be permitted
to act as teacher In a Sunday school.
When woman is engaged in busi-
ness for six days of week her Sunday
school should be to her day of rest.
Her place in church or school on Sun
day should be that of auditor; not of
worker. y little higher order of in
telligence is vitality necessary in our
Sunday-schools classes. We demand
this of our teachers in our secular
schools, and parents have a right to
ask it OF the Sunday-school. Ii is not
enough that the Sunday-school teacher
should be spiritual: She must have
intelligence wherewith to apply her
sp rituality to the very best advantage
and her most attractive methods.
Young girls are to-day teachers who
should be in classes. To bring home
a spirited lesson to the mind of
child is not play; it is an art, and calls
tor experience with children, a know
ledge OF human nature, an understand
ing OF the very highest and deepest
The Washington bee., 1898-02-26
1T is RUMORED.

Gaines of Kentucky will be appoint
ed.
The colored politician is the thing of
the pass.
He will be needed again in 1900.
A new chief of the Freedmen's hos
pital has been decided upon.
There is be colored member of the
excise board.
Lieut.. Kelly is to be transferred.
A new man is to take his place.
Reware of the suspicious character
who is using the name of Sectetary
Porter and assistant Secretary Wander
lip.
He will be taken up as suspicious
character in few days.
Col. NJ. M. Parker may be city
postmaster.
The negro may then have show
The President will take a hand ir
District matters after his return.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-26
THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED
STATES.

The paper entitled 1.-The industrial
and Political condition of the Negro
in the United States" read by, DIR.
n. Johnson, before the Congressional
Lyceum Sunday afternoon last was full
Of thought and sound sense. He re-
fered to industrial, commercial and
political status of the race; that the
industrial school of Tuskegee, Ala,
managed by Booker 7. Washington,
was one of more than twenty schools
in the South having industrial features
more or less; and that inspite of the
Negro's deplorable political condition
in the South, he is hundred per. cent
better off there industrally and COM
mercially than he is in the District of
Columbia.
The consideration ofthe Cuban reso-
luton offered by lawyer Frisby, was
postponed until Sunday afternoon next
when ''redhot" dicussion is expect
ed. DIR. Johnson's paper was discus
ed by Messrs. Tyler, Mcdowell,
Dickson, Sterling, Mayfield. and J.
H. Davis. The artistic rendation of
Millard's GAVE MARIA" by Masters
1erndon, Jones and Harris, and the
ability displayed by Miss Mamie R.
Lee as an elocutionist, in her recitat-
ion of g The Leper" were highly ap-
pr -ciated and loudly applaudad by
the audience.
The growing popularity of the Con-
gressional Lyceum is evidenced by the
presence each Sunday afternoon of a
| large number of pretty and intelligent
young ladies and progressive young
men. There will be special music,
al programme next Sunday.