The Appeal., 1901-06-15

WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON.
THE CITY OF MAGNIFIcENTs
DISTANCES.
e Collection Of Few Of the Events ~,
curing Among the Afro-Americans OF tha
Capital Of This Great and Glorious Nation
for Our Many Readers.
Josephine Cannon, white, attended
the police court as a spectator on
Wednesday. She was drunk and in
sisted on expressing her opinion of the
testimony being given in a trial. Judge
Kimball tried to quiet her, but she
would not listen to him and she was
finally locked up. Thursday she was
fined $40 for disorderly conduct, and in
default will serve thirty days in the
Workhouse.
William Thomas, aged twenty-five
years, Of 401 A street northeast, fell
from the roof Of building at Thir-
teenth and D street southeast, where
he was working, Saturday afternoon
and received injuries about the head
and shoulders. He was removed tC
Providence Hospital in the Fifth pre-
cinct wagon. Sunday night he recov-
cred sufficiently to be removed to his
home. ~. r.
The Congressional Historical Liter
ary Association, of Israel M. E. Church,
at it's last regular meeting elected Off
GERS for the ensuing year as follows:
John N. Wilkinson, Sr., President; j.
l.. Smith, Vice President; l.. "A. Wiles,
Recording Secretary; T.. E. Barton
Treasurer; M. H: Robinson, Sr., Chap
lain; James M. Foster, Doorkeeper; B.
G. Lee, Delegate to Bethel Literary AS
sociation. The association meets ev-
cry Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
Israel Church. = -fss
The commencement exercises of the
Phoebe A. Hearst Kindergarten Train
ing class were held Tuesday night at
Metropolitan A. M. E. church. .r
Graduating Glass; Evelyn A. Chase
Retha billiard, Mayme W. Early, Jen-
ME I. Henderson, Mary M. Walker
Mamie T. Jackson, Marie L. James
Emma F. G. Merritt, Jeannetta A. Tay-
lor, Lavinia b. Waring, Sarah E. Will
liams, In1ogene Wormley. Mrs Anna
3. Murray has successfully conducted
the class and has made a great record
for herself in kindergarten training.
Lying on a vacant lot between G. and
D and Ninth and Tenth streets north
east, well-dressed Afro-American
baby boy, about nine months old, was
found by citizen at 10:3O last Satur-
day night The child was asleep on a
plaid shawl, which had been spread
under him. When Officer Larrick
came on the scene with the Ninth Pre-
cinct patrol wagon he had quite time
rousing the baby. Before the wagon
reached the station the youngster was
| again fast asleep, and at the station il
was with difficulty it was again awak-
ened. The police believe the baby was
drugged. There was nothing on its
clothes to identify the little one, OF
trace it's parents.
Miss Mary Lee, a young girl resid-
ing at $40 Grant avenue northwest
made an unsuccessful attempt to com
NIT suicide Saturday by drinking from
q, vial quantity of tincture Of arnica
and Spirits of camphor She had re.
quested her mother earlier in the even
ing to allow her to go out to a party
and upon her parents refusal to do SC
became morose. She then went W
stairs and nothing more was heard
from her until 10 o'clock Sunday morn.
ing, when her mother, after having
! called her for some time and receivins
! no answer; went to her room ~ There
she found her daughter lying on tnt
bed fully. dressed and in an. uncon
scious condition. Word was at one,
| sent to the Eighth precinct station ane
| Desk Sergeant Case, who was on duty
Immediately telephoned for the Freed
mans Hospital ambulance. The cir
was placed in it and taken to that in
st1tutlon, where, after using the stom
| ach pump upon her, the surgeon statet
that she would recover. She woult
giye no reason for her rash act. il
| Tuesday and Wednesday the Afro
American High School was thrown
open to the public for an inspection
of the work of the pupils of the school
| The exhibit was viewed officially
Tuesday afternoon, when the Distric
Commissioners and school officials were
| plloted through the various rooms
| where the, work has been arranged, b.
| Robert H. Terrell, principal of tht
school. a3 s.. o.. -
The large high school building wa:
full Of attractions from the basemen
to the roof, to those interested II
school work. Perhaps the pride of thu
exhibit is the work done in the man.
ual training school adjacent. This was
arranged in the large class room at the
left of the main entrance to the build.
Ing, and contained the production OF
skklllllfully ski trained boys in, both wooc
and iron work. The work was decid.
edly practical. From "a good -sizeG
model of a house, there was everything
in wood work from a rolling pin to an
elaborate inlaid book case. In the iron
line, steam engine in working order
as well as lathe of practical dimen-
slons, attracted attention as the work
Of boys. Very fine sets of steel tools
which have been produced in the
school, as well as constructive iron
work, fences and the like, filled the
room.
The work of the business department
OF the school with itS one hundrad
pupils, lined the walls and desks of