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The Washington bee., 1901-05-11
BEHIND THE SCENE.

Rev. DR. Seaton, d. D., has returned.
He has charge of St. Pauls Church,
Southwest.
One of the most destructive earth
quakes in the worlds history occurred at
Teddy, in 1908 when I9o,o 900 people
were killed.
Ourfriend Bruce Grit, has issued q
paper entitled the Blood Red Record.
We are satisfied that the work pre-
sented is o. K.
Himrod Russell (colored) died few
days ago at CoviRgton, KY, at the age
of Io5. He was veteran OF the CIVIL
and Mexican war.
President Mckinley orders that 2So
prisoners at Alcatraz, Cal, belonging
to volunteer regiments be released.
Sentenced for minor offenseS, IN order
to go home with their regiments.
Peter Jackson the noted prize fighter
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The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
HELP THE SUFFERING.
AN APPEAL TO THE coLORED PEOPLE

AN AFfLHL ~ iilE SOAOsSLD TEOTLE
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, MAY s, 1907.
Mr.. w. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR OF
The WAsHINGToN, BEE WAsHINGToNs
d. c.
Dear Sir:
Nearly all of Jacksonville property
was destroyed by hre on May 3rd, and
there are 10000 people who are home
less and in destitute circumstances,
having lost everything but lhe clothes
on their backs. On Saturday, May Ath
the City Council and Board of Trade
held JOINT meeting and formed what
is known as the Jacksonville Relief
Association. at which meeting about
rF42 900 was subscribed for the im,
mediate relief of the sufferers. An
Executive Committee of fifteen was
appointed; and this Committee re-
quested that the Colored citizens hold
a mass meeting and select an Auxiliary
Committee TO be known as the Jackson
vile Auxiliary Relief Committee to
work in conjunction with them. On
Monday, May 9th a mass meeting of
Afro-AmeriCans was held at St. Paul
A. NJ. Z. Church and your humble
servant was selected temporary Chair
man. then appointed a Committee to
recommend officers for permanent
organization. Said Committee made
their report which was adopted, and
the following gentlemen were chosen
IS officers for permanent organiza-
ton: J. H. Blodgett, Pres, J. Douglas
Wetmore. Esq, and Rev. lanes John.
son, Treas. Then the mass meeting
selected the following gentlemen to act
as the Executive Committee of the
Jacksonville Af:o-American Relief
Association. and this Committee is
nov known as the Auxiliary Relief
Cnmmlttee, and has charge Of all
matters pertaining to the relief Of Afro
Americans: !. Duuglas Wetmore, Esq,
Chr, (. J. Gregg, Z. d., Sec, Martin
FurgersOn, w. Ii. Alexander and I.
II. DiCkerson. Said Committee has
headquarters at 734 West Adams ST.,
and IS doing all in their power TO re.
lleve suffering Afro Americans in this
city. AT the request of the White Com
mlttee | am sending letters to prom.
lnent Afro-AmeriCans throughout the
country, requesting them to send sub
ScnpuOnS to assist our people who are
in distress. The Whites are very gen
erouSIy doing all they can to assist our
people, and we are very anxious that
Afro Americans in all parts of the
United States do all in their power to- as.
slst US. Words cannot describe the con-
dltlon of our people here. | have three
clerks employed at my Headquarters.
and will acknowledge receipt of ali
contributions by return mail. If YOU
can do anything to help US or get any
OF your friends to contribute to the re-
lief OF our people please do so. Ad-
dress all communications to J. Duglas
Wetmore, Chairman of the Auxilisr,
Committee for the relief of Colored
suffers.
P. 5. If you will kindly open a
subscription list in your valuable
paper | shall be very grateful
Persons who will subscribe to This fund
wlll please send it to Mr.. d. B. NcCar~
cashier OF the Capital Saving BANK
bog + street northwest, who will ar,
the same through THE BEE
and he will forward it to the IacksoD-
vile Commlttee.-fhe Editor.
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Tallahassee, Fla; William Myers
Elowe, a. B. Lincoln. PhiladeI6bia
p d ~ arthur Ernest Smyth, Trinidad,
Glass officers; L. H. Henderson
president; +. E. Penso, vice president,
=. I. Smyth, secretary; VIM. L. Mum
ger, treasurer.
Graduates in pharmacy-Wm. T..
6T,;;aek,shear, b; NJ. D. Howard, Fort
Worth, Tex; Rozier Carney Bowman,
Washington, d. c.; Charles Daniel
Koss, Washington, d. c. Carl Wilber-
iorce Shatter, Topeka, Kans; Rufus
Montrose Stokes, St. Louis, Mo:
George Mcdowell Wright, Portsmouth
Va.
Class oficers-R. NJ. Stokes. presi.
dent; K. c. Bowman, secretary; Geo.
ID. Wright, treasurer.
COMMITTEE AND PRIZE WINNERS.
Ihefollowing committees had charg e
oil the graduation ceremonies:
Executive COmmittee-O. B. II. Bow
ser, II. q. Wood, T. T. Womack, A. A.
Kellogg, J. B. n. Raphael-Tom, P. A.
Scott, II. q. Crosby.
Committee on invitations-O. II.
Arnold, Isabella Munger, o. c. Arth-
ur, VIM. I. BlaCkshear, NJ. D.. &. w.
Shatfer.
Committee OF arrangements-A. A.
Kellogg, chairman; c. w. Shaffer, sec
retary; T.. T. Womack, J B. N. Raph-
ael-TOm, ]. N. Soanes, Wm. NJ. Slowe,
Q. P. Crosby. J. B. Riley.
Reception COmmittee-R. L. Tones,
chairman. !. F. Allen, {. A. Brooks,
B. +. White, {. Turner, A. B. Penn, G.
NJ. Citizens, J. P Tinnen, w. A. Pethel,
B. F. Hailstock, j. T. Harris, r. b.
Stewart.
The annual prizes were awarded as
follows; Alumni prize in medicine,
Harriet Elizabeth Riggs; alumni prize
IN dentistry, Everard Emanuel Penso;
alumni prize in pharmacy, Rufus Mont
rose Stokes.
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SUMNER TOURS VIA BALTIMORE
& OHIO RAILROAD.

Tickets now on sale to all principal
summer resorts east of the Ohio River.
Special excursion tickets to Buffalo
account Pan American Exposition, and
TO Niagara Falls now on sale. For
further information apply to Offices
Nos. 7o7 18th street, 6I9 Pa. Pa. Ave,
and Depot, n. j. ave. & { street. re
garding time of trai S, routes anc
! rates. NJ. A.At.
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ARTISTIC PUBLICATIONS ISSUED
BY THE BALTIMORE AND
OHIO RAILROAD
Guide 10 Wahlnnton.


The Passenger Department Of the
Baltimore & Ohio r. r. have issued
a Guide TO Washington, which in
many respects eXcels all other guides
published, both in artistic appearance
and careful description of points of I'M
terest in the Capital City. The from
cover of the book is embelished with a
handsome steel engraved portrait of
the "Stuart" Washington. The re
verse cover bears an American flag in
the grasp ofan eagle. The inside pages
contain recent photographs of all of
the Government Buildings with cor,
rect information concerning them
together with other interesting features
of the city, and the very latest map.
Copies will be sold at the principal
Tickets Offices of the Baltimore &
Ohio r. R. for ten (Io) cents cash. or
will be mailed TO any address on re
ceipt Of fifteen (I5) cents in stamps on
application to the undersigned.
REASONS WHY"
Reasons Why" is a forty-two page
pamphlet giving in condensed form
the important facts concerning the
Baltimore & Ohio r. R. 1t is an
argument setting forth the claims of
the railroad for public consideration.
This artistic booklet contains many
half-tones and drawings illustrating
the history, scenic charms, the de-
velopment and progress of the rail
road, and the superior service afforded
to patrons. Single copies can be Ots
tanned of Tickets Agents, or will be
mailed to any address on receipt Of
two (7) cents in postage stamps on
to the undersigned.
d. B. MARTIN,
Manager Passenger Traffic,
Baltimore & Ohio r. R,
Baltimore, Nd.
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whom the people thought would stand
by them in all the obstacles that con-
front them daily and be a sharer in their
Joys as we'll as their sorrows.
A man who the colored people have
stood by like Congressman White of
North Carolina should die with the
people who made him and esteem him
still
The Washington bee., 1901-05-11
B. & o. WEEK END COUNTRY
TRIPS

Tickets sold Saturdays and SUNDAYS
for return until following Monday a.
reduced rates, from Washington 70
ChArlestoEn, Frederick, AnnaDoIiS
junction and intermediate points
M. "A. 81.
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the longer trip to the greater city.
There is a great chance for the scien-
tifC estimator who does not depend
wholly on chance in competing for
these prizes. Indeed, guessing, in its
Yankee sense, has never been a matter
o chance.-"The National Magazine"
FIR May
The Washington bee., 1901-05-11
LEADERS? a?
Omaha Progress

From the Omaha Progress.
@The colored leaders ofthe United States met
IN Washington, d. c., and decided that Ex,
Congressman White should be cur leader, assist
ed by Booker 7. Washington, and T. Thomas
Fortune.
Will'the Omaha Nebraska PROGRESS
please state when such a meeting as the
above took place? The negroes are
not in need of leaders at this time.
What they want is good sound advice,
how to work and accumulate money
and education.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-11
From the trenton, n. J., Daily State Gazette.

From the Trenton, n. J., Daily State Gazette.
lanes F. Gregory, of Bordentown,
will graduate in June from the Yale
Theological Summary. The latest issue
of the Yale News contains an account
of his having won the first prize of $50
in the Downes prize contests.
STOOD HIGH IN CLASS.
The graduate is the son of Professor
James NJ. Gregory, Of BordentOWn.
He graduated from Amherst College
June 20, 1893. He was the only Afro
American student in a class of ninety
members, was class orator also chosen
as one of the eight from the whole
class to compete for the Hardy prize
in debate. He was captain of the
VARSITY" baseball team for 'e8, and
was the first Afro American to be elect
ed as captain of baseball team in any
ofthe Eastern colleges. In his sopho-
more year he won the Kellogg oratori-
cal prize of $50, and in his junior year
won the. Ladd and ths Hogan oratori-
cal prizes.
This is a remarkable career for any
young man, and ne has every reason
to be proud OF it.
FINE BALL PLAYER.
The Springfield Mass) Republican
said:
"Iames F. Gregory, '9S, of Borden
town. n. J.. captain of the Amherst
baseball team, has played regularly
for two years. He made a splendid
record on MS class team in freshman
year. Sophomore year he played sub
stitute short stop and regular right
field. Last year he played center field.
He is undoubtedly one Of the finest
fielders Amherst has ever had. A
very strong and accurate thrower, he
seldom fails to shut his man out at the
plate. He is also a good batter"
The Washington bee., 1901-05-11
MORE DOCTORS.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL
EXERCISES.

-- Nactarland's Adaress-EIOqusHt Commits
,lonsr Makes a Timely Speech-BsautIfuI
Decorations, 1uslc, etc
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JAMES T. GREGORY
GRADUATES AT YALE UNIVERSITY

Passed With Credit Through the Theological
Schs1I After Course at Amherst-Was.
Captain Of Ball Team.
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GTaduatesIn dentistry: Oliver How
a. SIl Arnold, Washington, D. c.; Oliver
TNaL'es Arthur, Grenada, b. w. l.;
EIeKis Henry Henderson. Swansboro,
" y. - t'harIeS Philip Crosby, New
,,oiH City; Isabella Munger, Wheaton,
3,:n.; 3,,,::nh.; Wn Lincoln Munger, Wheaton,
Silnlh.i Everard Emanuel Penso, ia
Aaica, B. W. l.; James Benjamin Riley,
The Washington times., 1901-09-08

them is thought to be 5000 years and the
other L, 600 years old.
These two big chunks of crystalline sub
stance are the largest in existence. as far
as have been discovered Both were GO
cured from a cave near Marengo. Ind
Careful experiments have been made nv
geologists with a view TO computing the
ages of stalagmites and the rauidity- with
which they grow. BY placing silver plates
in staiagmites in caves and ohservinf,
year by year they have learned that they
grow at the rates of about 1-250 of an inch
in height each year.
These stalagmites and other crystalline
formations are formed by deposits from
dripping cave waters. They are the re-
sultant growth from deposits of salt wa
ter solutions.
The collection which Mr.. Harrington is
exhibiting is gathered frDm all parts of
the best known caves in the United States
Many rare specimens have been brought
from Wyandot, Ind, and Dubuque, Iowa
The Ball cave at the latter city has fur
nished the most remarkable examples of
the growth of stalactites
Dc cave in Arizona has contributed
odd specimens in green tinted stalactite
II is thought that the waters of this cave
contain sufficient copper to color the de-
posits. Some of the stalactites are in the
shape of folded leaves, while others are
conical. The folded leaf variety is very
rare. while the conical variety is the usual
forma tion.-Chicago Chronicle
The Washington times., 1901-09-08
Popular Christian Names.

Some romantic parents love to christen
their infants with hgh-falutin' names.
Religious parents search the Scriptures
before the baptismal ceremony Parents
in search of a fortune will label their
luckless babes with the surnames of the
expected testator. But. nevertheless, the
list of common English Christian names
is very small one. out of every hun
dred fathers and mothers OF male chill
dren some eighty-four limit their choice
to fifteen familiar names.
The fayorite name is undoubtedly VIII
liam. In all ranks of society-in the peer
age as in the illiam is the
commonest of male Christian names-
Stop the first thousand men you meet
in the street. No fewer than 10 are Will
liams. a long way behind come the
Johns, closely followed by the Georges
OF every thousand men ninety-four are
called John and ninety-two George.
The neNt commonest is Thomas, which
has seVoLty-four owners, while James
claims seventy-two. Henry and Harry
between them are seventy In number. OF
these about one in four have received the
name OF Harry at the baptismal font
Following them come Frederick with fif-
ty-seven, Charles with forty-eight. Al
fred with forty five. and Albert some wa
behind with thirty-one.-Tit-
The Washington times., 1901-09-08
FAST SMOKING BAD FORM.
From Deliberate Puns Come Most
Benefit to the T'ObaccO User.

There are many pipe smokers who do
not know how to get the best there is out
of their indulgence. The great point in
pipe-smoking is to smoke slowly. Ner-
Vous smokers smoke too rapidly and burn
their tongues with hot smoke, besides
failing entirely to get the fullest and best
flavor out of The tobacco. 1t is all mat
ter of habit, but slow smoking IS habit
which it is hard for some people to
acquire In some cases pipe smokers
have tried for years to check their smok-
ing speed without success. They begin
too late, and the habit of rapid smoking
is shaken off with difficulty when it is
once acquired.
Rapid smoking is as bad as rapid eat
ing-or worse II is also bad form"
Whether it is cigar, pipe or cigarette the
smoking should be deliberate IN order to
get the fullest enjoyment. 1t is especial
ly so with a pipe. Many persons have
smoked all their lives and yet do not
know how to smoke. II is as painful to
watch some people smoke as it is to sit
at the table with man who i;obbles"
and 'gorges" his food on the 'fifteen-
Observation-Disclosures" plan.
The deliberate pipe smoker gets out of
his pipe an enjoyment of which the rapid
smoker has not an inking. cigar which
has once gone out has its flavor ruined
forever, for nothing is more obnoxious to
the sense of smell than newly extin-
guishcd butt" The beastly persons who
take their beastly butts" half-lighted or
newly eXtinguished into the elevated and
surface cars should have some new pun
ishment devised for them something hui
morous. with boiling OIL" e4
But it makes no difference to the flavor
of a pipe how many times it goes out.
Fastidious pipe smokers always have at
least two pipes at hand and never refill
one until 1t is entirely cooled of. This
Is a help toward good smoking and rea-
sonabIe life in a pipe. good way to tell
If you are smoking too fast is to hold the
bow. of the pipe in your hand. II it is
too hot to be held with comfort, then you
know that your smoking speed is too
great. Good tobacco, a good pipe, and
deliberateness are the PRIME essentials in
pipe smoking. Eat slowly,rsmoke slowly,
drink seldom; so shall You live long in
the land and" enjoy therfuIlnoss thereof
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1901-09-08
OLD LONDON GUILDS.
Eighty-nine Companies That Have
FIOurished for Centuries

| Alfred Lord Miner read. is a noble
! man of good name and fame. who does
not purpose to put the freedom of the
city to any improper use. but will pay his
! scot and bear his lot. And so we all say
They who made this announcement in
Guildhall are known officially as com
purSators.' 1t is their business to see
that you are fit and proper person to
receive the highest honor which the city
CT London can confer upon an outsider.
The ccmpurgators, In this instance were
of course, all citizens, and respectively. a
spectacle maker, a merchant tailor, a
barber, carpenter, wire drawer, and a
playing-card maker. Sir Whitaker Ellis
is the merchant tailor His company
ranks No. on list of four
score and nine city guilds which | have
mad an opportunity OF looking through
The present order of precedence has not
been settled apparently by the rule of Sc
niority. The first company that ever got
a charter, and therefore the Oldest com
pany, for instance, is the weavers. Their
charter dates from Henry II. But the
woavers are pretty low down on the roll
today
The incorporation of the guilds was the
work of the third Edward He was n
statesman as well as monarch He was
the first English monarch to perceive how
trade and trading proclivites might make
for power The city companies got from
him, and by letters patent In most cases,
those privileges which they had hitherto
enjoyed rather by sufferance than by
right. What was more, the King caused
himself to be enrolled as merchant tail
or. On certain panels in Merchant Tai
lors' Hall you may read his name, and
the names of not a few other potentates
after his.
goldsmiths, the grocers. the tailors afore-
said, the salteIS, and on-represent, |
suppose, so many survivals of the fittest
A latter day commission that dealt with
all the city guilds seems to have left the
leading twelve in their prize of place
anyhow. But, as a commission is bound
to justify its existence, this commission
subdivided the whole lot of guilds into
three categories In the first it put the
companies which exercise actual or eff
cient control over their trade, such as the
goldsmths and the apothecaries. In the
second II included those companies which |
exercise right of search and right of
mark" such as the stationers which EN-
ters' copyright books, and the pewterers,
which assays. The third category COM
prised those companies to which all who |
carried on certain occupations in the city |
were bound to belong-brewers. bakers. |
candlestick makers, and what not.
OF the eighty-nine guilds that once ex- |
listed. nine, l remark. have been extinct |
ample. of the Longbowstring Makers
Company. this is not matter of wonder. |
Nowadays. when, either by birth. appren- |
ticeship, purchase gift, you have en-
for any particular livery, though you may |
be influenced by the fact that your ad- |
mission fees may run from so to n few |
hundreds.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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A TRANsPLANTED CAVE.
The Field Museums Rare Collection
of NATURAL Formations.

Curator o. C. harrington, of the Field
Columbian Museum, has opened an arti-
fetal cave at the museum, showing stalac-
tites and other crystalline formations in
their natural condition Within this cave
he has placed some of the rarest subter-
ranean rock formations In just the posi-
tions in which he discovered them in ma
ture. Besides. the place has been stocked
with many varieties Of animals found in
deep caves.
To give the exhibit all its natural en-
vironments there are pools and fountains.
The pools abound with blind fish. sala-
manders, and other subterranean forms
OF life. Many bats cling to the surface of
the limestone.
This is the first attempt that has ever
been made to reproduce cave formations
in their pristine condition.
Several years of diligent search we're
spent by Mr. Harrington and other seolo-
gists in making the collection. There are
two valuable old stalagmites. One of
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-29
The Bravest Man Of the Year.

The Royal Humane Society of London
has gold medal which it awards annu.
ally to the man who in it's opinion may
be rightfully regarded as 1.-The bravest
man Of the year." The award was made
recently for 1900. and the medal went to
Mr.. William Allen, a Sunderland sailor
who left the sea about three years ago.
On March Is, 1900, word was brought to
Allen that three men were overcome by
the fumes of tar gas, and We're lying un-
conscious at the bottom of a still. Allen
fastened rope round h mself and dashed
into the still, and in few seconds came
out with one the men. A second time
he entered and yet third, until the
three men were rescued. Each time AL
len risked his life in the venture. The
case was brought to te attention of the
Royal Humane Society and 1t was re-
solved to award the medal to Allen. as
the bravest man of the year" among all
those whose gallantry in saving life had
been brought before the society in 1900.
Allen is said to be typical seaman
quiet, modest and of excellent character.
-Lesles Weekly.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-29

In the Belle of New YORK; a pretty
girl in Salvation Army garb sings
catchy song telling how she Asks Them
All to Follow The Light, but They All Of
Them Follow Me-" And 1t is surprising
to learn how many people have just
about that idea of the life of Salvation
Army lassie.
TO their mind ii is all beer and skit-
Ties. Singing taking a little and then
gathering the shckels and then retiring
to private life to spend them. What a
difference is the reality from the pipe
dream.
Take it right here in Butte. How few
know anything of the work done by the
Salvation Army. 1t is small in numbers
Cny some fifty faithful workers. The
staff officers are Adjutant Stevens and
Captain Ida Gain, and they are sta
,ionsd at the barracks While at the Res
cue Home they have matron and "a
sefgeant-at- arms. 4
The Salvation Army was first fncated
here twelve years ago. Captain Chap
peI and Adjutant Harris being III
charge. Staff officers are changed on an
average every ten months, none being
allowed to remain in one place longer
than a year, al the most. And they
have done a great work here in Butte
They haye helped the unfortunate. fed
the hungry and clothed the naked. and
have made friends for the army. The
barracks is located down on South Main
risht in the slums and for the present
the staff officers live back of the bar
racks.
Teing in this locality they have dom
much work in the Tenderlo1n. A look a