The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-06
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THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS
TANcES.

- SOi'eCttOu OF TEVeHtS occurring
Among Afro-Americans Of the Cap
ital of this Great and Glorious Ma
ton for our Many Readers.
Special correspondence TIE APPEAL
& Washington, Jan. 33.-New Years day
was observed at the national capital
with traditional brilliance President
Roosevelt shook hands with 9,072 per-
sons at the White House
Nine thousand words covering the
customs and habits of the SVey tribe of
West Africa, and a collection of their
handiWork, we're contributed to the
Smithsonian Institute Tuesday by
George w. Ellis, Jr, the secretary of
the American legation at Monroyia,
Liberia. The collection is valuable
The total circulation of national
bank notes at the close of business. De
cenber 80, was s540,914 ,347.
Prof. w. S. Scarborough. of WILDER
force University, delivered lecture
on Race Integrity Tuesday evening,
before the Bethel Literary Society. A
crowded house greeted the distinguish
ed speaker.
Any man who smiles at a woman
passing him on the public streets, or
who makes grimaces. of flirting or in
sulting nature such as to incur the dis
pleasure of the woman in question, is,
a. in fn r CT iat nh
to arrest and fine not exceeding $25.
This law was designed to protect I'M
escorted women from insult by men
such as are termed "mashers' and
.'curbstone Johnnies, who loaf on
street corners or run along the side
walks and made remarks to women as
they pass. f5
The law was not made for fun, and
it is enforced by the police in the most
active manner. tt the future it will be
enforced with still more zeal. if Mai.
Sylvester's wishes are carried out. He
is, determined that women shall not be
subjected to insults while walking on
the streets.
81 DR.. Henry w. Furniss. the new en-
yoy extraordinary and minister plen.
ipotentiary to Haiti. was formally pre-
sonted at Port-au Prince, Saturday. He
was received very cordially by the
President who was surrounded by ali
his ministers
s'The Economic Future Of the Afro
American was the subject Of a lecture
Friday evening in the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church by w. E.
Dubois. Professor of history and eco
Monies in the Atlanta University. Prof
Dubois said it is necessary for the
race to stand up for their political
rights, or their efforts in other direc-
lions would be in vain.
Edward Mann, seventeen years old
and Daisy Atkins, sixteen years old
were married yesterday by Rev. D. p
Wiseman.
Hon. Charles W. Anderson. Collector
Of Internal Revenue for the second
district of New York, was in the city
this week. "
Senator S. M. Cullom of Illinois has
returned from short trip to Atlantic
City greatly refreshed by his visit Of
a week
Mr.. w. 4. Menard an Afro-Americar
compositor in the Government Print
ing Office. has been assigned to Limo
type machine work.
In his annual report. just made pub
Tic. First Assistant Postmaster Genera
Hitchcock says that the low salarle:
paid clerks in first and second-clas'
post offices is decreasing the standard
of efficiency. 1t is impossible, he says
TO induce efficient men to enter this
branch of the service when the sal
'ry to begin with is but $500 a year
with no certainty of promotion for per
haps several years.
The New Year greeting from tn
capital of the American Republic tt
the world this year met with a hitch
as has just been discovered here a
the Naval Observatory, from which
Ioint the messenger was sent out. Th'
current was broken at ST. Petersburg
where the unquiet conditions an
strikes of telegraph operators thfey
| arangem ents out of joint It has bee1
| the custom for some years to sem
greetings from the observatory to al
parts Of the world and at great ex
pense and labor lines in all direction
Fare cleared at the hour of the comin
Enf the neW year. With normal cond
lions it is possible to send the messag
around the world.
1 Congressman James R. Mann cam
back to Washington yesterday, but wi
return to Chicago in a few weeks t
make his campaign for the congress
sional nomination Mr.. Mann wi
make a speaking campaign that wi
extend into every primary district i
| the Congressional district.
! Thursday there was held in tn
! city OF Richmond Va, a special elet
i ton for q city treasurer to succee
/ Charles n. Phillips, deceased. Ther
were eleven candidates in the contes
among them James B. Pace, who up t
4 a few years ago was as on one OF the wealth
1 lest men in the state. He lost his TO
tune and surrend cred everything b
! possessed, even. to- his home. He ha
made his money while engaged in tn
manufacture Of tobacco. and Will
thus engaged he gave employment t