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The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
Our Police Court.

1t is believed if the President
knew the absolute necessity of a
change in the Police Court of this
city he would not hesitate IN max
ing the change. There are times
IN the history of courts that men
became so tyrannical that the peo-
pie became tired and nothing is
left for them to do but foroe. 1t
gets to that pitch sometimes in
the Police Court of this city. There
Is no man who has been appointed
upon the bench of the Police Court
that has given better satisfaction to
the people than Judge O'DOnnell
If there has ever been a man
who has endaaVOred to be fair and
just it is Judge O'Donnell in the
United States Branch Of the Police
Court. If man is convicted in
this branch of the court, it is be-
cause he Is absolutely guilty. 1t is
due to Judge O'DonnelI that he
De given credit for the fGirnest and
good judgement displayed 0y him
since he has been upon the bench
of the court and it is hoped that
President Mckinley will send him
back for SIX years at leat.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

will be a reaction. Fraud can not
exist neither can it be perpetuated.
There will be a political revolution
IN the South and it will not be
long before the Democratic party,
that holds the State governments
by fraud, will be overthrown by
the vote Of the people. There are
some liberal minded white men
Let not the Negro be disturbed and
take the advice of The Bee aud use
no force that viii tend to injure the
Negro race. The Negro has friend s
among the more fortunate Of his
fellow citizens who will see that
justice IS done him. Be patient,
but, industrious; be good citizens
and by all means keep your head
clear and your body in healthy
and clean condition. While the
Negro is in the minority in this
country, he will be protected.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
KITCHEN HELPS AND HINTS.

A moldy or Squeezed-out lemon put
into a dirty saucepan half full of water
and boiled for half an hour cleans it
perfectly. and removes all odor Of fish
or onions.
A few drops of oil of sandalwood
dropped on a hot shovel viii be found
to diffuse a most agreeable perfume in
sick rooms or confined apartments.
To prevent bright pans from being
blackened by smoke, rub with fat be-
fore putting them on the fire. Wash
with hot water and soda, and they viii
be quite bright.
When a knife has been used to cut
onions wipe it with a damp cloth and
rub it briskly with coarse salt. The
objectionable smell viii then entirely
disappear.
The most easily digested meats are
cold mutton, mutton chops, venison,
tenderloin and sirloin steak. lamb
chops, roast beef, rabbit and chicken.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
ON STAGE TOGETHER.
Divorced Couple Meet Nightly and
Get Along Nicely.
She Is the Star, EX-Husband Sings in
ChOrus-Strange Illustration of
the Ups and Downs in Amer
lean Life.

1t might disconcert some Young
women TO dance, sing and amuse a
great audience night after night
with a divorced husband on the stage
joining Justify in the choruses. but
Miss Marie George, of The Stroll
lers," is superior to that sort of
thing.
Only a couple of days ago the mat
rimonial knot which bound Miss
George to ". Lester Brown was sew
cred by Justice Gildersleeve in the
New York supreme court, giving the
young actress an absolute divorce
from her husband.
That official act, it would seem,
separated the two for good and all.
But every night the S1-wife and eX-
husband meet on the stage of the
Knickerbocker theager, New York,
where The Strollers" are playing.
They have little in common. how
ever, The eX-wife shares the leading
honOrs with Francis Wilson, and
draws a salary of $50 a week, while
the ex-hurband's individuality is al
most buried in the big chorus of men
and women. His s-lary is said to be
SIS a week.
But Miss George is as democratic
as she is pretty, and, moreover, has
a kindly heart. 1t would be an easy
matter for her, the star, to remain
in ignorance of the existence of her
former husband in the chorus, but
she does not take advantage of her
position to humiliate him in any way.
On the contrary, she has upset the
traditions of the stage by being
friendly with him.
Miss George was in the chorus her
self years ago. She was drawing a
small salary in THE Isle OF Cham
pagne" when she became the wife of
Mr.. Brown. He was then a stock
broker at No. Wall street and had
a great deal of money. BY some he
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

was reputed to be a millionaire. I'm
fortunate business ventures dissipat-
er his fortune, and now he values his
humble role in The Strollers."
The position of the two is reversed.
Formerly the husband had all the
money. Now the ex-wife has fame
and money. There is one scene in
The StrOllers" which must revive
memories in the mind of the eX-hus-
band of the days when he courted
Miss George.
He is one of the eight cadets who,
in the second act, rush forward to
welcome with song Mimi, his former
wife, as she comes whirling on to
the stage in an automobile. But now
he is only one of eight, whereas, in
real life years ago he had the field
to himself.
Miss George was seen in her dress
ing-roOm at the Knickerbocker after
the performance, and when asked by
New York World reporter if it
were not trying on the nerves to
have her former husband on the
stage she said:
"Oh, dear, no. He was in The
Strollers' four weeks before I Joined
the company. When he Joined neith-
er he nor / knew that l was coming
here, so there is nothing in that.
1t is not Mr.. Browns first connec-
tion with the stage. He had out his
own company last year. No. it is not
on my account that he is here"
Mr.. Brown is a slender, clean
shaVen young man of about 35. He
said:
while I respect Miss George as a
woman and an artist, l am not in
love with her. My presence in the
same company is purely a matter of
business, not of sentiment.
I'VE are good friends. I believe.
as she does. that when husband and
wife cannot agree they should sep
arate. We agreed to disagree.
have been on the stage several years
ever since 1 quit Wall street-and
the position is not new for me-"
Mr.. Brown spoke Of his record as
an amateur athlete and exhibited a
gold medal he wears on his watch
chain given him as victor in a seven
mile running race on Travers island
IN 1897. He still belongs to the
KnickerbOckeT Athletic club.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
RUSSIAN INTERESTS.

The Irish river, in Siberia, is 1900
miles in length. and drains 600, 900
miles of territory.
In the matter of population Ger
many (56.345,OOO) ranks after Euro
pean Russia (1O6,159,OOO) and the
United States (76,3OO,OOO).
December %. 1902, viii complete
200 years since Peter the Great sane
toned the appearance of the first
Russian newspaper.
We learn from the Engineer that
railway unpunctuality is by no means
unknown in Russia. On the Vistula
line in 1900. out of 34s.933 trains
which were run, 81, ,O2O, or Is per cent,
left the station before time: 74.gO9,
or Il per cent, arrived late. The
other lines have not much more TO
boast of. The only fairly punctuaI
line is the Warsaw-St. Petersburg
one, on which only seven per cent. Of
the trains were late.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
Reaction In Politics.

Very soon after reconstruction
the Republican party South hoped
to perpstuate its power by a con-
tinuance of the Negro in power.
The Negro could find no fault with
that party neither does he com =
pan because white Republicans
used him. While being he was
equally benefited, but he didn't
like the idea Of being deserted by
his friends when the Democratic
party seized the State governments
by force, fraud and intimidation.
The Democratic party is not so
much after the Negro as it is after
the Republican party of which the
Negro is member and in curtail-
ing the Negro vote the white Re
publican party in the South is
crippled and in weakening thaC
party it hopes to perpetuateit its own
party AID keep it in power. There
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
HAIR-RAISING ESCAPE.
Room when He Had Gone 10 Lay
Ont Corpse.

Locked with a corpse, paralyzed
Did man and a powerful maniac in a
room in a house far from any other
habitatiOn, Peter Mitchell, an under
taker of Elizabethport, y. j., had a
hair-raising escape the other day.
Mitchell got an order at midnight
t1 90 to the residence Of John j. Viii
liams. in Linden township, where the
latter's wife. Annie, aged 65, had just
died. Williams for many years was
an Elizabeth merchant, but is now
slowly dying of paralysis. He has a
son and daughter. The son, Albert,
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

TO her, and that Mrs. NJ was well
acquainted with many of Mrs Smiths
people. When the customer left she
said she felt as if she had always
known Mrs Smith because she knew
her family so well and had heard her
sister, Mrs. Scotton, speak of Mrs.
Smith so often. The last seen of Mrs.
NJ she was standing underneath
shade tree in front of Mrs. Smiths
house.
4 few weeks later another lady
called at Mrs. Smiths store to order
bonnet. She, too, gave her name as
Mrs. M, and said that she bad
only recently moved to Dublin
There was a decided resemblance be-
tween the former customer of that
name and the last, and yet the last
had something about her that plz-
zled Mrs. Smith and made her doubt
ful of the identity. Finally Mrs.
Smith became satisfied that it "ls
the same woman, and remarked tla.
the bonnet ordered some weeks pre-
ceeding was ready for her.
The customer was greatly sur
prised.
You must be mistaken" SIZE ra'
marked to Mrs. Smith. "i am
stranger in the town and have a",
only not ordered any bonnet of Eo.'
but have never been in your place DEE
fore"
Mrs Smith looked at the woman
and was puzzled. She looked like
her former customer, and yet iHrIr
was something about her that --
not appear the same. Mrs. Hm..4
finally became convinced that she aa1
made a mistake. and this led her TO
tell her customer all about her prev
Gus visitor. Mrs. NJ appeared
greatly interested in the narrative
and asked Mrs. Smith to describe
her former customer. When the l"'-
ter had done so Mrs. NJ said.
You have described my dead SIS
ter. She was older than !, and va
married twin brothers"
Mrs. NJ then told Mrs -mi'H
that her sister had died at Ind.""-
apolis in September, 1900, and "'s
buried in the cemetery in the "'5-
part Of Dublin. Mrs. NJ lo
years old. while her sister, had 5L'
lived, would have been 20. 9l'
not a spiritualist. but is -a'.s-r-
that it was her sister rhat called 5-
Mrs. Smith and ordered a haI.
bonnet that was ordered. a -''
black Tuscan straw, prettilT tr.hI.,.
with black chiffon, is still .n "
Smiths possession, and she does -''
expect il to be called for.
"And I'm not going to sell If, e..L
er," she SAYS. It's the first 3'H"..
/ ever had ordered by a spin"
that ever heard Of one of''l.-7
and I'm going TO keep 10 just o. n
specimen of the taste Of sP.F'-'
millinery"
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

beach with head dropping meditative-
ly. Suddenly he began 10 paw in the
sand with his right foot Muir
rag glanced at the spot where the
sorrel was paving. and saw a package
covered with a handkerchief and when
he opened it a handful of diamonds
rolled out.
Murray drove at top speed to the
police station. Mrs. Katz identified
the diamonds as hers. She remem-
bered that on the day they were lost
she had carried them in handker-
chief when she returned from bath
ing. At night Murray was celebrat-
ing the christening of Sherlock
Holmes with part of the $500 reward.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
The District In Buffa 10.

The District of CoIu nbia was
well represented in Buffalo, New
York on Tuesday. Our distin-
guished Ex-CommissiOner Go l..
John W. Douglass and Commits
sioners Henry B. +. Mac
farland, Johu w. Ross and Beach
were able representatives of the
District of Columbia. The speech
es of Col. Douglass and Mr.. Mac
arland were master peices Of ora
tory. The latter gentleman gave
some striking historical data and
the eloquence that he displayed
and the logic of his speech demon
strated the fact that he is a true
American and fit man to repre-
sent the two hundred thousand
people in the District of Columbia,
the Capital of the Nation. Such a
speech as that delivered by Mr..
MacFarlaad should have been
made and hs was the man to make
it. The Bee regrets that it could
not publish his speech in full. 1t is
a speech that all should read, and
if the readers Of The Bee want his
speech in full send for The EreR-
ing Star of September 3rd,
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
HORSE FINDS DIAMONDS.
Old SOFreI Makes Discovery Which
Brings Its Master Three Hun
dred Dollars.

According to a New York special
Jim Murray, the Far Rockaway hack
man, has rechristened his ancient sor-
rel sherlock Holmes" For days Far
Rockaway has been buzzing with ex-
citement over the loss of So, 500 worth
of diamonds by Mrs. Sarah II. Katz.
wife of a glove manufacturer, who
was stopping at the Belvidere.
Although $500 was offered, nobody
could find the diamonds. All the
detectives tried Thursday afternoon
the old sOrrel was standing on the
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The Freedmen's Hospital.

There is every reason to believe
thai the Secretary of the Interior
will reins5ate DR.. A. NJ. Curtis.
There is no question as to the abll-
itv of DR.. Curtis and his know
ledge Of Hospital. work. The
people of the coCntry, and espec-
ially the oolOred people, have the
most implicit confidence in the
honesty and good intention of the
SurgeOn-In-Chief of the Freed
mems Hospital, and it is not be
lieV6d that DR.. Curtis would in
tentionally commit a wrong or do
any act that would question his
honesty and integrity. There are
hundreds of young medical stud
ents, white and cOlored, through
cut this country, waiting with
abated breath to see the Secretary
of the interior reinstats DR.. Curtis
to his former position. He ha
made a good executive officer and
it is believed that Secretary
Hitchcock will carefully make a
personal investigation and decide
that no wrong was committed and
none was intended. The Bee is
free to say that obe Secretary is not
color prejudice as some democrats
would have the colored voters of
the country to believe. DR.. Curtis
admits that he never was treated
better by any one than he was By
the Secretary of the Interior and
The Bee believes that at the proper
time the Secretary will reinstate
this very competent and worthy
young man, who is a credit to the
medical profession and the race of
which he is q member and who is
respected by everyone. A man
should not be Condemned because
he commits an unintentional error.
No Offense has been committed by
DR.. Curtis that cannot be readily
rectiied and certainly there is no
law that prohibits a resident physi-
tian from allowing his wife and
children from occupying quarters
in a hospital where the husband
and father is, and it is belived that
the distinguished Secretary will
take that view of the case. There
is in this the Attendant of the
Aims House, Poor House and the
Work House, who not only board
ed his wife, children and other
relatives at the expense of the gov
ernment, but has his horses and
carriages for his family at the ex-
pense of the government. Would
any one say that he is violating any
law? Tue officer of these institu-
tions is a white man and very fine
man and he has never been called
TO an account because he has his
family in a house on the grounds.
1t is hoped however that the Secre-
tary of the Interior will take the
same view Of DR.. Curtis case as
The Bee and others take of similar
cases,
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
GHOST ORDERS HAT
Returns to Earth and Leaves O,s.-
at Millinery Shop.
Strange Customer shows R,r.
in Selection OF Il bonnet Nh,
Has, Thus Far, Not Heen
Called For.

That spirits do return +r,-,
grave and appear 10 mor.... -5
proposition that for ages rs. "a
its believers and disbelie.rr. ....
the little town of Dublin. I.,
is now only one opinion. ar. .....
that spirits do walk the r.r..
times in mortal form. The ra.... s-
this pronounced belief at Dua-r e,
an occurrence which has rr,ar,I..
taken place there and which F..
well vouched for that there is n.-
skeptic in the town.
Dublin, says the Chicago Tr-..
Ocean, is occupied by a wrlg-ro.l,
and intelligent class of naorr.
shrewd, hard-headed specimens ~.
the Hoosier type, a class that Is M.
led away by its emotions. and is IN.
tensely practical. Among the rss,.
dents is a Mrs. Sallie Smith. who has
lived there many years and who can.
ducts a millinery store.
One day last May a nice-IookfBg or7
lady came into Mrs Smiths Store
She appeared to be about 20 Years
old, and was tastefulIy dressed IN
black. She introduced herself 10 }rr.
Smith as Mrs. NJ. and said thar
she had only recently come To Duh.
lin and wanted to order a bonnet
The selection of this and the deter.
minatiQn of its trimmings proved 10
be a long operation. for old ladies ara
quite as fastidious as the young ones
when it comes to the selection of =
bonnet.
During the work of choosing tbs
bonnet Mrs. Smith and her customer
got quite vel! acquainted In the
course of their conversation Mrs.
Smith learned that her customer was
the sister of Mrs. Rhoda Scotton. Of
Brownsville, Ind, who is well known
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
Sergeant w. F. Falvey.

One of the most deserving mem
bers of the Police force and one
who is liked and respected by all
classes Of citizens is Sergeant W.
F. FaIvey of the 9th Precinct
station. This well known officer
has been on the force for a num-
Der of years and has made a record
of which he should feel PROUD. He
is one of the few men who never
fails to defend his superior officer,
Major Sylvester, and does all in
his power to do everything 10 hold
up the hand of his Chief. He is
honest and reliable and among the
few who would not attemp5 to
stretch testimony to make a case
against a prisoner. If you are
guilty Sergeant FalVey will bring
all the evidence necessary to con-
vict you. Such a man as this is
deserving of promotion. The Ser
geant left for Atlantic City last
Saturday on vacation. Success to
him is the desire of The BEE and
the people.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
Carnegie's Tale of Woe.

Andrew Carnegie is a dyspeptic. A
young friend once said TO him that
he enyied him his wealth. "Ah." said
the millionaire, Il am really not 10
be envied. How can my wealth help
me? / am go years old, and l cannot
digest. l would give you all nv mil
lions if you could give me your youth
and health"
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

If every public official employed
by the government would give an
account of his stewardship, the
banks in Washington would not
hold them.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

met the undertaken at the door when
he reached the house, and. taking him
into the room where the body was
lying, pointed to it and exclaimed:
There lies Queen Victoria and am
the Son of God"
The startled undertaken saw at once
he had a madman to deal with. and his
alarm increased when the maniac
locked the door and demanded that
Mitchell should take an oath that he
would properly perform the funeral
services, for which the Iunatic said he
would give him a check for 81 .OOO In
order TO humOr the madman and get
him to open the door the undertaken
agreed to all this. and the lock was
turned. Mitchell breathed freer, and
was about to depart when a sudden i'm
pulse came over the madman, and he
struck him a blow on the chest, follow
ing it up by another one.
The undertaken lost no time in dash
ing out of the house and made for his
wagon, which was some distance away
and outside the grove in which the
dwelling is located. The maniac pur-
sued him, shouting and cursing, but
Mitchell is a good sprinter and in
creased his lead On reaching the
wagon he jumped in and ordered his
assistant to drive rapidly away. The
batfied mailman was left yelling in the
road
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Mr.. o. j. Ricketts, Of the Gev-
ernment Printing Office knows his
business. He is a man and a very
pure republican. The Bee wishes
there were more Ricketts, in the
several departments Of the govern
ment.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

caused him to delay his visit south.
He has not been south as yet. Our
friend should not advise others to
do that which he will not do him
self.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Senator Hanua has the conf
dence of the country and he can
command more money than any
other man.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Any editor who continually pub
fishes his own cut In his own
paper is a bombast pure and sim
Pile.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Benjamin Tillman is about to
lose his other eye. If he continues
in the strain that he is, he will
lose his head.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

There are two Republican Judg-
es on the Police Court bench and
neither one thought it wise to ap-
point negro bailiff.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

The o. P. Morton Post has been
suspended. Well it is always wise
to follow the law. 1t is better in
a long run.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

There is no paper edited by ne
groes that advertises itself more
than a certain local contemporary.
Not being satisfied with self lauda-
ton, he publishes weekly his cut
Such bombast is disgusting to say
the least.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Hon. Jere A. Brown the Ohio
politician is doing good work. He
is silent man,
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

While the democratic party as a
party is opposed to the negro, there
are many who are friends to him.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Editor Fortune who wants bad
negroes to use the winchester has
no doubt forg often his speech in
this city some months ago which
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

One will be retired soon and
then we shall have man with
sound judgement.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Well it is about time for the
Secretary of the Interior to settle
the Freedmen's Hospital matter.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

THE BEE is tho organ of the peO-
pie and it has no fayorites.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

The republicans of Maryland
should get a move on them.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

1t is strange that some negroes
cannot stand elevation.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07
These Goats climb Trees

In the Atlas mountains of north
ern Africa there are goats which
climb trees to browse on the foliage
Some Of them have been seen stand
ing erect on branches 80 feet from
the ground, while others were laziIv
reclining on boughs gently rocked by
the wind.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

1t looks as if Senator Hanna will
be the next presidential nominee.
The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

Wonders of the HOneyeomb.
A square foot of honeycomb con-
tains about 1000 cells.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-09-28
REACHES PORT
FROM NORTH
City Of Seattle Brings 298 Pass
engers and $3.50, 900 In Gold

The steamer city Of Seattle, Capt.
COnnen. arrived from skaKway at
1850 today with 2qs passengers, the
largest number brought from skag-
way by any steamer this year, and
$3.50, 900 In gold dust.
Among the passengers were Consul
J. c. MeCook from Dawson: Mai. J.
II. Van Orsdnle, accompanied by HE
wife and son. G. II. Mead, the Klon-
dixie correspondent OF the New York
Sun; Stuart Menzies Of the Alaska
Commercial Co. OF Dawson, and his
wife, and J. .. Hestwood. wife and
family, who owned large part OF
the ships treasure cargo. Twelve
natives OF Australia returned from
eeaaon spent in the Klondike. and
left the boat at Vancouver.
OF the 2es passengers. 27t were for
Seattle, ~ for Vancouver and three
for Tacoma. The steamers cargo
was 1000 cases OF salmon and 100
barrels OF herring.
The city OF SEATTLE loft Skagway
on the oath, ana had pleasant
southern voyage. Little ice or
etormy weather was encountered
Capt Cornell reports "A scarcity OF
skagway news. The town Is dun.
with tho exception VI hs uansisRt-
tTada -