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The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
WEST VIRGINIA DIANA.
LILY jackson, Daughter of OIdest
JHdEe ga Federal Bench, Is an
Accomplished Hunter.

Miss Lily Irene Jackson, of Park
ersburg, w. Va, daughter Of Judge
John Jay Jackson, the oldest Judge
in the federal bench in point of serV-
ice, is the Diana of West Virginia.
Judge Jackson was one of President
Lincoln's appOintees, nearly 40 years
ago. At II years of age he is still
one of the ablest judges on the bench
and he is robust and active. His
daughter is an accomplished horse
woman, = crack shot with rife or
shotgun, an enthusiastic hunter, a
lover of fine horses and dogs and she
can hunt all day without the slight
est fatigue. On a recent occasion
she went on a hunting trip and re-
turned with 20 quail, all of which fell
victims to her splendid aim. She
never misses a shot on the hunt and
frequently brought down more than
one bird at time. A game supper
to a few of her friends followed her
last hunting trip, for which she her
self cooked the birds she had killed.
She has hand-painted souvenir cards
of her own handiwork, representing
hunting scenes, and on each was a
feather of one of her trophies.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

Some time ago The Bee published
the organization of a new party by
Prof. Booker T. Washington for
President Roosevelt. The many con-
ferences that have been held by the
President and Prof. Washington, it is
said, was 10 map out Southern policy.
This policy Is to remove all negro re-
publlcans and appoint Southern demo-
Gratis. Prof. Washington has the re-
sponsibility Of organizing the South
for the President The Northern ne
gro and cOlOred leaders So Ith will not
be consulted. All of the a0herance f
Senator Hanna and the friends of the
late President are being removed from
office and Roosevelt men are being
appointed. The President Of course
is endeavOring to build up a personal
party organization.
There are hundreds OF Colsred office
seekers waiting 10 be called to the pie
counter and if they are not appointed
no Roosevelt party will they organize
Prof. Washington wants the ssiStance,
of editor Fortune of the New York
Age, but editor Fortune will not
bulge until he is assured that he is to
get big plum. He is not in politics
for his health. Negroes are going to
play politics now for business and not
for fun They are of the opinion that
they might as we'll die one death as
another. The new party is making
poor progress.
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HAS SUFFERED MUCH.
SSssH Sophia of Sweden aAa Norway
Has Been an IAvaIid fer
Many YsaEs.

Queen Sophia of Sweden, who is al
present very i'll, is now in Rer sixty
sixth year, and is noted aAazg Eu-
roPeaB royal women as . devoted
mother, who has had more than the
average happy mothers lot to con-
tend with. She was formerly Princess
Sophia, end is the daughter of the
late Duke Wilhelm of Nassau. She
was married to King Oscar on June
6, 1887, and brought him a truly royal
dOwry, which has constituted the
only great wealth which the Swedish
king has had. For "A years the
queen has been unable to take an
active or conspicuous part in court
affairs or in public functions of any
kind. Since her serious illness Of
1887 she has been a great sufferer,
and has been compelled to live a
quiet life. She has found time and
strength, however, TO devote herself
TO works OF philanthropy, especially
TO the Sophia home in Stockholm, en-
dOWed by her, in which she takes q
uever-failing and active interest.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
SHOULD RETAIN SOUTH.
From the National Baptist Union,

InConSiderate and unreliable agita-
tors are still urging the Negroes of the
South TO flock TO the Northern States
fnI the purpose of bettering their con
ditiOn. Seriously, we doubt the wis
dom Of such admC nitions. The Nor
thern white man delights to close the
avenues to labor against Negroes, and
they are some times met at the bOun-
dairy lines oi the Northern States with
shot guns and Industrial regiments,
raVing mad, t. see that they do not
get hon ST employment by firms and
lncorporatioLS that have formerly
given employment to white men. In
the South the Negro is given the
chance to earn a livelihood; to make
and save some money; to accumulate
some property, and 10 engage in buSi-
ness on as large and profitable scale IS
his means and his judgement will al
low. Ii he should desert a land where
he is thus highly favored, and fly to a
region where starvation and industrial
strangulatiOn must be his portion be,
he would simbly repeat the strange
conduct Of the dog, which, while cross
ing The stream, exchanged the real
bone for the shadow.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
MANIAC IN CHURCH.
He Seized = Cracifx Rhd Ran wildly
ThrOaEk the Congregation
Beating the Air.

With a large brass crucifx in his
hands and fourishing it to ward OF
an animal he imagined was after him,
Peter Miller ran wildly through st.
Philomena's church, at Pittsburg,
Pa. during funeral mass the other
morning.
Miller walked into the church with
some other men and took a seat rear
the altar. During the service he
jumped up and shouted that rats and
snakes were after him. lie. rushed
through the church like a maniac
trying TO escape from his imaginary
pursuers.
The side doors were locked, but
Miller ran to them and tried 10 force
them. When they refused 10 yield
he ran 10 the altar and seized the
crucifx. With this held high in the
air he again rushed round the church,
screaming for some one TO deliver
EiIa from his prosecutors. He then
stopped at the door leading from the
church TO the residence of the priests
and tried to hammer il down with
the crueifiX.
A(en who had tried 10 restrain him
then jumped upon him and bore him
10 the floor, where they held 20
until the arrival of poli"s- The in-
z.-upted mass the continued. Mil
: ler is GRAZ
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
Some Reasons Why.

The Epworth League at Asbury NJ.
Z Church held its regular meeting
last SUNDAY afternoon at 4O'cloCk.
Attorney |. L. Henson called the meet
ing 10 order He cOnduCteI the song
service. after which Mir. Monroe was
introduced 10 preside over the lyCeum
and in neat and eloquent address,
introduced Mr.. W. Calvin Chase wrO
read MS new paper entitled some
Reasons Why At the conclusion OF
Mr.. Chase'S paper attorney I. /. Jones,
was introduced and he made one OF
his logical and eloquent addresses sup
porting the paper read 10y Mr.. Chase.
After which The following program was
carried out: Sci CT reading by Miss q
thompson, accompanied by Prof
Spencer Greene. he reading OF Miss
Thompson and the singing by Prot
Greene were very interesting. Prof
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
Peculiar Defective szstem.

In Newcastle, England. profes-
sional shoppers are employed by q
certain large firm of drapers to test
the ability of shop assistants. This
firm owns over 80 large shops and
employs nearly 1000 assistants. To
find out whether every customer is
politely served, number OF lady Gus
toners are employed to call at the
various shops. They are told TO
give as much trouble as possible. and
sometimes to leave without making a
purchase after looking at nearly
everything in the shop.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
Gen. HamIIton's spectaeles.

\ very remarkable story is current
with regard to Gen. Sir Ian HamiI-
tons spectacles. 1t appears that the
gallant officer, then a subaItern, lost
a pair Of spectacles in the battle Of
Majuba hill. They were apparently
picked up by a Boer. whom they
suited, and who kept them for 20
years. In the early part of the pres
ent year the spectacles were found
on the body of a dead Boer. The case
had Gen. Hamilton's name on il, and
they were in due course returned to
their original owner.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
General Wheeler on the Negro.

The following is taken from the edi
torial columns Of the Philadelphia
Ledger.
There is no question that the SuPe-
riority of the While race In the south
must be maintained. Any one who
has seen the south under the rule oi
the other color, as IL was directly
after the war, can un Ierstand why
this must be so.
These words are attributed to Cen
eral Joseph Wheeler in a report Of a
recent interview. General Wheeler Is
more of "a soldier than a statesman,
but he must be very little of the latter
TO have uttered Su.h a sentiment de-
liberately. When the south was in the
condition he describes, the Colored
men were ignorant. irresponsible and
under the influence OF unprincipled
white men from the north. He might
as well say that the orgies of the reign
of terror proved that the French peo-
pie were and always would be unfit
10 govern themselves. The assertions
would be PARALLEL"
Iu the same inter lew from which
the Lsdger quotes, General Wheeler,
pursuing the same subject, aid:
"For one reason, white supremacy
alone can insure financial stability.
There will be no political break in the
solid south by any party which tries 10
interfere from the north through the
medium of politicians with the solving
of the color problem bY the south"
General Wheelers's reference OF
course was to local financial stability.
But what a record the white suprem-
aCy Of the south has on the subject OF
the national financial stability Mr..
Bryan leaped upon the south in both
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
NEW MASONIC
Beneficial Association of the United
States, Organized at Pittsburg,
Pa, on the 28th of Decem.
Der, 1901

At a meeting held by a number OF
colOred masons, at Pittsburg, Pa, on
Saturday, the ash, at A WandlesS
street, the United Masonic Beneficial
Association of the United States of
America was organized. The head
quarters of this association is perman-
emily located at PiBtsburg, Pa. The
following officers were elected for a
period of three years;
Edward W. BOvkin, President, 100
Wandless street Piusburg, Pa, H. {.
Scott. First Vice President. Washing.
ton, d. c.. H. 7. Brodus, Secon
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Greene has not lost any of his old time
harmony, ifany thing he has improved.
The vocal solo by Prof. Harry Lewis
was very fine and was very entlu-
siastically applauded. Mr.. Lewis
has very fine veice. Miss Geor gia
Savoy played an instrumental solo.
Miss Savoy is a very accomplished
pianist aud is always greeted with
appla use whenever she app ars.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
IMPROVED SERVICE WEST-B. 8
O, R.R.

Under recent change of schedule,
trains leaving Washington $40 p. IN.
daily arrives in Chicago ia time to
connect with Crack trains of West
ern roads, including Overland Linn
tied and - California Limited" Civ
ing quick service to all Pacific Coast
and intermediate points. Also splen-
did service and good connections 10
points east Of Chicago.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
From the Times Speaker

No right-thinking Negro will con-
gratulate President Roosevelt on his
recent cabinet-selection for the post
master general portfolio in the person
of II. c. Psyne of Wisconsin. The
Negro press and everybody else who
is honest and brave are opposed o Mr.
Payne on account of his opposition To
full representation from the southern
states in the national Republican con-
ventiOnS some time since.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
Whsrs Women &C Firemen.

In the town of Mont Clare, H., the
women are the fire fighters. Most Of
the men are in Chicago all day at
tending TO business, and they leave
the management of the suburban
towns affairs largely 80 their wives
and sisters. So the fire captain is a
woman, and so is the fire marshal,
and all of the women are trained to
fighting fire.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS,
SEASON I9oI-2.

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroadt
paced on sale at ali principal Offices
East Of the Ohio River, Winter TOURIST
Tickets to points in Alabama, Florida
Louisiana. Mississippi, New Mexico,
North Carolina and Texas also Hav
ana, Cuba, and Nassau, n P. at re-
duced rates.
Fer additional information caH o.
Agent Baltimore & OHIO &. K.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
Victim of a High Collar.

High collars were thought 10 be be-
coming to Emanuel Daveler, of Ster-
ling, H., and therefore he wore them.
While out On his bicycle, with a band
OF linen three inches high adorning
his neck, he fell from his wheel and
landed in a ditch. The collar cut a
deep cash in his throat, exposing the
windPipe, but not cutting it. He has
determined to abandon high collars.
The Latest floral wonder.
The newest floral wonder Is the
"Shasta daisy" originated by a flow
er grower of California. It measures
f-a+ in oi-.a.---<------
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
Rights of Citizenship.

District assessor II. Darneille Of the
District Government addressed the
Lyceum of the Second Baptist Church
last Sunday afternoon on the Rights OF
Citizenship. He was well received
and his talk was practical and pointed.
There is no young man in the city,
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

more liked and appreciated than Mr..
DaTne lie. He argued the rights that
the negro were entitled to under the
flag this country. He showed how
the negro could do to secure and main.
tain his rights AT the conclusion Of
this address he was highly congratu-
lated
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
A NEH PARTY.
ROOSEVELT AND WASHINGTON
ORGANIZING FOR 1904.

The United States Must FOIIsw Prof.
Booker T. Washington lie is TO Or
ganlZe the South for the President.
Northern Negroes and Cslsred Lead
crs not Wanted.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

large tracts Of land unincumbered in
the northwest section of Washington.
the most valuable land in this CITY to
day. But to day they own none of it,
end but little TO show for it.
to be continued next week.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

the right to exercise a constitutional
privilege. If anything more remark
able than this is TO be found in our
political history it is not visible to the
naked eye.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

C.sH. Reder, Hosterer, Pa, John A
Bell, Grand Rapids, Mich, R. H.
Jones, Carnegie, Pa, Harvey T.
Neale, Allegheny, Pa, John WilbOrn,
Springfield. Ohio, B. A. Sullyard,
Wheeling, w. Va, Mrs. L. Matthews,
SewiCkley, Pa, Mrs. NJ. Z. Keys,
Greensburg, Pa, w. L. B. Plumber,
Portland, Oregon.
The object for which this association
is formed is the adoption and main
tenance of such plans and regulations
as shall be to the mutual benefit and
protection of its members, and IN case
OF death 0f member o. this assoc
iatiOn, each member shall be assessed
the sum of fifty cents, and the money
so assessed shall go TO the nearest rela-
tive of the deceased member. The
membership fee of this association is
twenty five cents. None but Master
Mas0ns, members of the Order of
Daughters of Sphinx. members of the
order of the Heroines ofJericho, and
the Order of the Eastern Star are eligi-
bic tc become members Of this Organi-
zatiOn.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
nr. Car.eKis's Bensrastions

Andrew Carnegie has given in this
country for Libraries and educational
purposes s25,0oO,o0o, not including his
latest proposed contribution of S1O,-
600, 900 for students Of science Mr..
Carnegie's total list of benefactionE
TO date is ss2. .OO0. 900.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
A City with n surDIu.

The city of Metz not only has no
debts. but it has a surplus of SIS, 400
marks.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

Vice President, Homestead, Pa,
William A Cogg;ns, Third Vice
President, Richmond, Ind. John G.
tones, Attorney, I9I Clark street Chic
ago ILL.,, J. r. Bates Grand Secretary,
Geneva street, Pittsburg, Pa, John
Hall, Grand Treasurer, Pittsburg, Pa
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

| From the Times Speaker.
/ The AfrO-AmericaR race has too
many gripsack leaders, and not enough
/ real eStaCe leaders
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

And vet there were voters at hand
sufficient in number TO have turned
the scale in favor of sound money and
the cOuntrV's prosperity. They were
citizens of the United States, and quail
ned for the suffrage under the COnsti.
tuition OF the United States. But they
were not permitted to exercise their
constitutional right. They were bar
red tro2: the polls on the allegation
that they were unable to understand
the questions at issue. aud therefore
unworthy of a voice in their settle.
ment. We have then this exlraord-
mary case to consider. The white
supremacy of the south, under machine
domination, standing arrayed against
the public credit, with the rejected
negro vote standing ready, under local
and native leadership, to save the
day for sound finance, and only asking
The Washington bee., 1902-01-18

OF his campaigns. She gave him the
majority of the votes he received
IN the electoral college. She was in
the main the menace to the national
credit. Had 1t been possible for the
Nebraska leader to make such head
way elsewhere as he made in the
south, free silver would have carried
at the polls. and the financial stability
OF this country would have been tern
perAry destroyed. The Bryanite ma
chine carried everything before it in
the south.
The National tribune., 1902-08-07
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

preValnng IN this
$ because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused by
heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the result
of kidney disease. If
kidney trouble is al
lowed TO advance the
kidney pois oned
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
The National tribune., 1902-08-07

you not know that thdl lhear is up?" to
which l replied: NO; Twas so much
interested in what my Federal acQuain-
tance was telling me that, did not no
tice it," to which he replied: well, 1
shall have to take him prisoner, and
send him into our lines u This incensed
me, and l said to hini: 81 see that the
hour of the truce is over, but take him
into our lines you shall not. If. however,
you do, l shall pass into the Federal lines
and put myself there as hostage for his
safe return" "a
After discussing the matter for a few
minutes l called one of my men from
the redoubt, and writing n note to the
General ut that timei commanding that
portion of our line, explained to him the
circumstances, and after waiting few
minutes the Aid to the General appeared,
and the Federal soldier was released, and
the Lieutenant and myself ordered to re-
port at once to the Generals headquar-
ters. When we had both made our state
ments the General said to the Lieuten-
ant: "When this officer who is in charge
of the redoubt made to you his statement
it was your duty to at once let the Fed
eral soldier depart to his own lines, for
had you insisted on bringing him into our
lines the matter would have caused an
exchange of notes between Gen. Pember-
ton ana Gen. Grant, and the result would
have been that he would have to be given
up, and being thus released he would in
form Gen. Grant of our straitened con-
dition." GEO. NJ. HARRISON, Hannibal,
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companies, but suppose they were afraid

companies, but suppose they were afraid
of running into a trap
After breakfast we started again, but
did not seem to be going anywhere in par
ticular, only marching and countermarch-
ing, and about noon We stopped to an
swer muster roll.
The Captains began calling the roll, but
never finished, at least our Captain did
not, for right in the middle of it the bat
tie of Charles City Crossroads, or Glen
dale, or | have heard it called Nelson's
Farm also, but we called it Charles City
Crossroads, commenced. not 1000 yards
from where we stood, and in the scuffle
that took place down in the swamp that
afternoon our roll was lost; but the clerk
had less names to put on the next roll he
made out. Some of our men had an
swered their last roll call that morning.
L have often wondered why this advance
post was put where it was. 1t had been
put there in broad daylight, and it was
probably the blunder of some staff officer.
--JoHN \. Brooks, Co. G. Sth L. X. V.
G., Soldiers Home, Erie, Pa.
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A TRUCE BEFORE VICKSBURG.
Social Gatherings of Confederates and Fed
erals at the Twilight Hour.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: After the
disastrous defeat Of our army at the bat
tie of Champions Hill-sometimes called
Fourteen-Mile Creel-and the following
defeat at Big Black River, our army re-
treated into Vichsburg, which we were
led to believe had been so well fortified
as to be impregnable against any force
the Union army could bring against it.
As our army entered Vicksburg, on
May II, 1868, by the main road leading
from Jackson, Miss, the piece of artil-
lery of which l had charge, a 24-pounder
howitzer, one of battery of four pieces,
two 12pound Napoleons, and two d
FOUNDER hOwitzers-commanded by Capt.
ber's Battery-was turned to the left of
the Jackson road, and ordered into a re-
doubt about 400 yards from the Jackson
road. This redoubt was on one Of the
spurs of the many hills that surrounded
Eicksburg on the east, and it overlooked
a large portion of the country that lay
east of it, and thus to a large extent
commanded it; and it had great peculiar
ity in the fact that it could not be mined.
1t had an embankment about II feet at
the base, and tapered gradually up about
eight feet, where it was about eight feet
wide, or thick. The embrasure was pad
ded on each side with compressed cotton
bales. At the mouth or eastern outlet of
pressed bales OF cotton, which at all
times filled the outlet when not engaged
in firing; but It sometimes happened that
these bales of cotton were removed by
the fire of a battery-MarshalP Battery
of Ohio, think it was called-that was
Immediately opposite, and about 600
yards from the redoubt. When this was
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armies. He was born in South Carolina.
At Is he was living in Mississippi, and
at the outbreak of the civil war enlisted
in a Mississippi regiment, serving until
the battle Of Gettysburg, where he was
taken prisoner. After six months con-
finement at Point Lookout, Nd, he took
the oath of allegiance and was mustered
into the U. 5. service as a member of
the 1st U. S. Vol. Inf, the men enrolling
under the stipulation that none of the
regiment should be assigned to duty at
the front fighting their former associates.
The regiment went from Point Lookout
to Norfolk, Va, where it was assigned to
guard duty. Later there was PROPOSE
ton to send the regiment to the front.
A heavy desertiOn resulted. Then the
regiment was sent West; four companies
went to st. Paul, Mimi; six companies
went to st. Louis, thence up the Missouri
River to Fort Rice, Dakota Territory,
where they relieved the 9th Iowa Cav.
There they encountered many hardships,
and deaths from disease were
many, while others Of the regiment
were killed by the Sioux Indians. Mr..
Shive was pensiOned at $40 under
dropped on account of his Confederate
service, and now the Act of July 1, 1902,
while it provides for nearly all the Con-
federates who served in the Union army,
shuts out the 1st U. s. Vol. Inf. and
few other regiments whose services We're
entirely in the Northwest.
KILLING OF GEN. POLK. -..
Daniel Sims, Knap's Pa. Battery, now
residing at California, Pa, writes a very
interesting letter regarding the killing Of
Gen. Polk, controverting in many partic-
ulars the account given by Capt. Reed,
who commanded Battery d, 1st D. L. A,
and claiming for the Pennsylvanians the
honor of killing the Confederate General.
In brief, Comrade Sims asserts that the
order to fire was given to the Captain
of the Pennsylvania Battery by Maj.
Reynolds, Chief Of Artillery; that the
Captain ordered Serg't Atwell, of No. 4,
to sight the gun, after which Maj. Rey-
nolds dismounted and ran his eye along
the gun, but without making any changes
or suggestions; that when the shot was
fired the batterymen observed a cOmmO-
tiOn among the group of hOrsemen upon
the mountain side, and that one was seen
to fall; that soon after prisoners were
taken and from them it was learned that
Gen. Polk had been killed. One of the
prisoners passed by the battery on the way
to the rear, and Comrade Sims talked
with him, and the prisoner pointed to the
Pennsylvania Battery, which still held its
position, saying that battery had fired the
fatal shot.
SCATTERING.
Adj't W. w. Hiatt, of Post %, Depart
ment of Oklahoma, Alva, Okla, found in
the Post files the discharge of James Long,
Co. 1, 133d Ind, which he will be glad to
return to its owner.