The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-30

Special Correspondence THE APPEAL.
Washington. Dec. 27-The reorean-
izatlOn of the school system of the dis
trlct is provided for in a billintroduced
in the Senate BY Senator Cullom. The
bill provides fora larger board of edll-
cation and a scale of salaries for teach
erS.
Nine members Of the board. three OF
Justice against the white man. and as
whom shall be women and three Afro
Americans are provided for in the bill.
Three members shall be elected for one
year, three for two years, and three for
three years. The secretary shall be a
bookkeeper The executive work
shall be in the hands of three expert
agents, who will serve for six years, a
superintendent OF schools, a superin,
tendent OF buildings and supplies, and
a supervisor OF lectures. There shal!
be two assistant superintendent. one
Afro American.
A group OF South African students
attending Lincoln University called at
Howard University to make tour OF
inspection. After being introduced to
President Gordon and the student bod
Y, they gave a little entertainment
consisting OF songs in the Kaffir Ian
guage, and short addresses on conGi-
tons in Cape Colony.
In the Spanish American war. the
following Afro-Amarican army appoint
ments We're made through the influence
OF Senator Cullom: Leon w. Deni-
son. Chicago, Captain. 4Sth Infantry :;
Clifford f. Campbell, Chicago. Second
Lieutenant, 18th Infantry; Robert
Brakeman, Springfield. First Lieuten-
ant. 49th Infantry. Senator Cullom
has always looked out for the inter
ests of his Afro American constituents.
Hon. Judson w. Lyons. Register OF
the U. S. Treasury is visiting at his
home in Augusta. Georgia. He will de-
liver the principal address at an eman.
cipation celebration at Athens. Ca,
January LIST.
Nathan H. Alexander has been re-
appointed Receiver of Public Moneys
at Montgomery. Ala
II Arrangements have been completed
Tor a meeting ST.. Valentines day Feb
ruary IA. at the First Congregational
Church in the interest OF the Manass-
as Industrial School for Afro Ameri-
can youth. Justice D. J. Brewer. Dr.
Hale and Dr. Washington will deliver
addresses.
1t is said that Secretary Shaw is to
remain at the head of the treasury de.
partment as long as he desires to stay
and it is possible that he may remain
to the end OF President Roosevelt
term. The stories that the President
is dissatisfied with his secretary Of the
treasury ar3 absolutely false. He has
urged Secretary Shaw to stay indefi-
nitely.
A member OF Congress from fWes-
TEN State has recommended an Indian
john Wash Ke- Wash, for appointment
as postmaster in a small town border
ing one OF the Zig reservations He
concluded his letter to the Postmaster
General as follows: "Mr. Wash-Ke-
Wash is a good Indian and he ought TO
give a clean administrations.
President Roosevelt has waived the
civil service regulations to enable the
appointment to Federal clerkship of
S. H. Alexander. labOrer in the post
successfully the efforts Of four burg
lars to rob that postoffice on February
6. 1901
The sto.'k visited the home of the
Secretary to the President and Mrs
Loeb and left son at $50 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. 1t i; their first
child.
Senator Hopkins of Illinois recently
introduced his bill for the establish
head waters Of Lake Michigan. The
Senator proposes to make an rrusnai
effort to secure the passage of the bill
at this session OF congress. Investi-
cation has shown him that there is
necessity for such station. The uE-
per end Of Lake Michigan has foryea2s
been gradually denuded of fish until
at the present time they are so scarce
that there is danger of their complete
disappearance
Senator Hopkins believes the estab-
lishmant of the fish culture station
would tend to correct this alarming
condition and in time restore to the
watcrs OF Lake Michigan an abundant
supply of fish
=; II, d
Chicago, left Monday to attend the fu-
neral of his father. VIM. H. Mann. who
dieI al Gilman, Ill Mr. Mann was
one OF the pioneers. He was horn
eighty yeas ago in Kentucky. When
the civil war came. he was ready to
give his life fGr the flag. He was ap-
rointed captain Of the Ninetv-fourth
illinois Volunteers. serving with Gen.
NcNult who was his close friend AT.
tor the war Capt Mann returned tG
Gilman of which be was one of the
founders.
The exhibition of the pupils in the
centennial celebration of the public
school system of the District Of Colum-
bia at the Armstrong Manual Training
and the high schools last week was
highly appreciated by all who saw it..
At the Manual Training school, under
the direction OF DR.. w. Bruce Evans,
every phase Of the work of the pupils
was to be seen to an advantage; in the
division of mathematics the work ex-
hibited in plain and solid geometry,
in subjects drawn on plain surface and