The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18
w WASHINGTON.
The CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS.
TANCES.
a Collection of Events Occurring
Among Afro-Americans Of the Cap
ital of this Great and Glorious Ma
ton for our Many Readers.


Oblnger, a young and attractive white
girl of 1885 Stockton street, Baltimore.
Md, sought and found James q. JEFF
ferson, her Afro-American lover. in
this city last Sunday, and a few hours
later was married to him by Rev. W.
Bishop Johnson. pastor of the Second
Baptist Church. Immediately after the
ceremony they boarded train for
Philadelphia, and have not since been
heard from
PastOr Johnson, who performed the
marriage ceremony, was seen at his
nome, 4O3 N street northwest, last
night, but refused to discuss the affair.
i married the man; got his money,
and he got his wife. They've gone,
and it's nobody's business" he said,
William Walter Hamilton, slayer of
MS wife by. choking her to death, and
William Burge, who murdered both
his wife and mother-in-law, who were
to have been hanged for these crimes
last Friday at the United States Jail,
have been granted a respite by the
President, in order that their attor-
neys may carry their cases to the
OOuA VI AppCd1S I'll EJu0
The Civic Club passed following at
meeting Monday night:
The club notes with satisfaction
the retention of Mrs. Anna j. Cooper
as principal of the M street High
School, a result which, in itself. meets
our hearty approval and commenda-
ton. We are persuaded that this con-
clusiOn is an expression of it's conf
dence in Mrs. Cooper's fitness for
and efficiency in the service commit
ted to her.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid has sent
the first money for the Mckinley me-
mortal endowment fund.
MajolS Sylvester, Chief of Police, in
his annual report says: There were
30.214 misdemeanors, 1854 charge
able to Whites and 14,6S0 to the Afro
American population. More policemen
President Roosevelt has announced
a new rule RELATIVES to appointments in
the consular and diplomatic service.
One directs that all consuls appointed
must pass the examination now re-
quired Of consuls whose salaries are
$4,000 or less.
A beautiful flower piece-a broken
column was sent by Washington
friends to be placed on the coffin OF
Judge Tourgee at the funeral at May
vile, N. Y, Tuesday. It was the gift
Of the following gentlemen: Cyrus
Field, Adams, Judson w. Lyons, John
G. Dancy, James A. Cobb, J. e. John
son, Daniel Murray, Henry P. SIaugh-
ter, Whitefeld Mckinley, Firman J.
Shadd. Austin M Curtis.
The animals at the National Zoo
continue tor be the star attraction for
the Sunday afternoon crowds in Wash
ington.
Mrs. D. H. Williams, wife of the ia
nous Chicago physician, is in the city
the guest of Mrs Middleton of Spruce
street.
The most important real estate
deal of the week, was the sale of the
old Colonial hotel for 100000. This
was once the famous WOrmley hotel
cans.
Announcement has been made that
James Speyer of New York has given
to the trustees of Columbia Universe
ty, New York, the sum of $4,000 to
endow the Theodore Roosevelt profess
sorship of American history and in
stitutions ina the University of Berlin.
According to the Rev. DR.. Childs,
pastor of All Saints P. E. Church, who
preached Sunday on "The Confusion
Of, Moral Standards" the conditions
among the Washington Caucasian
aristocrats are very bad. Said the
reverend gentleman:
81 am told on reliable authority
that there are those who call them
selves ladies of the first circles, skill
led card players, who do not hesitate
to invite young men and women to
their homes for the very purpose OF
winning their money. The result IN
some cases is pitifuI.
The message which President Roos-
eveIt w111ssend to Congress at. the con-
yening of the next session has been
completed, and the proofs are now In
the Presidents hands for final revl-
sion. The message is a little longer
than the annual message of last year,
and greater variety of subjects will
be urged upon the attention of Con-
gress. The principal feature will be
the discussion of the railway rate
question.
By direction of the President, Wal
ter E1dridge, the chauffeur who was
dismissed few weeks ago, will be
reinstated in his old position at the
end of two months from the date OF
his dismissal. The exercise Of lenien-
cy by the President was due to 81
bridges excellent record in the Phil
ippines, to the fact that his father
was a veteran of the civil war and to
the additional fact that his wife is an
invalid.
Despite offers of salaries ranging
from $1,000 to $1,000, free transporta-
ton both ways, free quarters while on
the isthmus and six weeks vacation
every summer, the government is I'M
able to secure competent stenogra-
piers for service in Panama. There
are still fifteen vacancies and agents
for the government are searching high
and low for capable men to fill them.
Mark my prediction, President
Roosevelt, in spite of himself, Will be
,renominated and elected President of