The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18
WASHINGTON.
THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT
DISTANCES.

z - ass - H5k$S OF5x ~ MAGNIFICENT
DISTANCES.
curing Among the Afro-Americans Of the
Capital OF This Great and Glorious Nation
for Our Many Readers. 4
Mr. Louis Contee and Miss Mary
Kinner were married Monday.
Frederick Thompson, aged fifty-two,
was accidentally thrown between two
electric cars at Missouri avenue and
Sixth street and injured about the
head. Z:
The police Of the Second precinct
were notified Sunday night of the sud
den death Of Frances Deter, fifty-six
years Of age, who died at his home,
454 O street northwest, from hemor-
rhage without receiving medical atten-
ton. tz5 isz5
Frank Beckett went with his sister
and relatives to make call in George
Inequalities Beckett was presented with
q quart bottle Of. whisky He drank it
all. Wednesday the physicians at the
Emergency hospital said he would re-
cover. Il U.s. Pr,
George W. Boyer, one az the Jurors
in the case of John Brown,..st..the eman-
cipator, " who was hanged at Harper
Ferry in 1859, has just died at Charles
town, w. Va. But one member of
that famous jury now survives -Wil-
liam a Martin, who lives at Dele
lplane, Va. .4lil4
Officers of the Illinois ii Republican
| Association, to serve for the coming
year, were elected Saturday: night as
follows: L. B. Slime, president; E. B.
Payne, first vice presidential. N. Nc
Cullough, second vice president; r.
Stone Jackson, secretary; Ellis Logan,
| assistant secretary; Lemuel Adams,
treasurer; j. B. Mattack, sergeant-at-
| arms. ;!;ss ,,s,,
| Judge Kimball has requested SAM
tary Officer Frank to have William
Douglas examined to determine his
sanity. Douglas was arrested on a
charge of profanity and disorderly con-
! duct, but when arraigned in court, with
tears in his eyes, he declared that he
was not guilty, but that he was preach
ing and trying to turn sinners into the
straight and narrow path. 4... A..
One incident: of the Jacksonville fire
is worth recording. ttTom Murray, a
f'be-fo' -de-wah"' ?. ,Afro-American, drives
hack No. 8S. While other carriage
drivers were charging exorbitant prices
to carry refugees from theafre, Murray
worked valiantly all Friday afternoon
and night and all day Saturday, carry
ing needy people to various places
and would not accept a cent of pay.
DR.. John w. Hoffman, professor OF
agriculture in the state industrial col
lege of Florida, is the one noted negro
scientist; of the world. He has been
chosen to membership in the Massa-
chusetts horticultural society, the
Boston geological Society,". the New
York Geological Society and the Royal
Agricultural Society of England. He
is also d fellow of: the American Geo
graphical Society and Of the Royal
Microscopica1 ociety Of England.
Fifteen hundred Afro-American
Catholics, members of st. Augustine
! church, made the Jubilee pilgrimage
Sunday to the, Church of St. Aloysius'
near Gonzaga College. They marched
all the way from St. Augustine to St
/ Aloysius', and made a most impress
sive appearance. At 4 o'clock they
reached the church and were received
by the Jesuit Fathers. Then followed
marching through the aisles of the
church, the regular prayers said at the
pilgrimages,. and other devotions. -. .
The War Department has published
the reorganization order prescribing
the strength of the various branches OF
the, military service upon the basis OF
q total army Of 77,2S7 men and staff
of 2,7S3 men, the enlisted strength be-
ing 74,504 men. ~s...& 81. - ~:
BY the Secretary's order each caval.
ry regiment will consist Of twelve cav
! airy troops Of IS enlisted men each
making the total strength of the cayal-
ry branch 1880 men.
/ II uSs OF iulduCIy i0S1utuCSz Will COIL
sist Of II companies of 104 enlisted men
| each, making Z the infantry strength
! SO, $40 enlisted men. S sys
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| The financial troubles (which stirred
up the Afro-American Masons of New
England, especially those who took de-
grees in the Scottish Rites, through
the actions of, Robert B. Robinson, OF
Alexandria, Va, who had been depu-
tized to establish consistories in Bos-
ton and Worcester, have been settled
It was claimed that Robinson did not
account to the Supreme Council in
Washington for the fees received for
limitations, and he was expelled from
the department of Free Masonry. Sec
rotary L. w. Culles, of Washington,
went to Boston and secured an indict-
ment against Robinson on charges of
embezzlement, larceny and forgery,
and on April Is the Warrington police
arrested him.abH He was taken to Bos-
ton, and in the Superior Court pleaded
guilty. offered to make restitution, and
pay costs. Satisfactory grounds for
clemency being presented, the court
accepted his plea and the case was
placed on file. ..5.