The Washington bee., 1907-05-11
ITEMS ON THE WING.

I'll. r. D. Goodman is one of our
prominent members of the G. A. R.
Comrade Goodman is highly respected
in G. A. R. circles.
III. J. o. Holmes, sgd Degree, is still
doing business at the same old stand.
The Colored Settlement is till at no
II8 NJ street southwest. This is some
thing that our people should look up,
as it Is for the betterment of our poor.
A large number of police chiefs will
visist our city in June, via jamestown.
The State Senate at St Paul, by a
vote of 81 to 10, refused to endorse
Roosevelt in his fight against E. H.
Hartman.
Read The Bee.
DR.. l. H. Harris, the prominent south
west druggist. met with painful acci-
dent last week by nearly cutting off his
fingers from his hands Dr.. P B.
Brooks, our popular Southwest physi-
clan. has him under treatment. The
doctor is much improved His wife,
Mrs. DR.. Harris, is in charge of the
business.
The former Secretary of the Treas
ury under Cleveland (Mr FairChilds)
has been arrested for forgery in the
third degree at New York. He IS out
on $4,000 bail.
| There will be great gathering OF
tuberculosis experts in Washington, D.
| c., next September, to discuss the cause
of disease and its. treatment.
| Vice-President Fairbanks IS making
himself solid with the Masons of the
United States. Mr. Fairbanks in the
coming race will give his brother (the
r Presiden) a hard run.
! Murder cases nowadays are disposed
of under the heading of brainstorm5
and stealing under the head Of klepto-
mania. This only applies to certain peo-
lple.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
The white heaveyweights of the Unit
ed States have decided to ignore Jack
, Johnson, the colored heavyweight, wher
he returns from his trip abroad. He
has been having a good time, and ha!
made lots of money.
r After July I the floors Of stable:
. in the District of Columbia, within GER
tain limits, must be laid with water.
: tight material. (New regulations of the
: Health Department.
There will be a general raise of the
{ teachers pay in the District of Colum
! bia, independent of the Board of Educa
: ton, after June 80.
! May IS the fremen's graves will b,
= decorated in the District of Columbia By
S the Fire Department
The present Postmaster of the Dis
= trict of Columbia, in his recent inven
/ ton of the tab system on letters, ha
= raised a kick from the business men.
Every day we read in the papers o
the criminal acts of the white brothe
= and sister, yet It is claimed that tn,
n Negro is the bad egg. All the Negrc
of the United States has got to do i
E to pull together and he will come ou
S all right
Rev. DR.. Howard sailed for Europ
e asst week. The church gave him $50
E to spend while on his trip. (Some O
s our minister friends have good time
while going through life)
S From different newspapers we fine
? that the President is being condemned
( by not only the colored people, but tn
I whites as well. Some Of his friend
9 advocate him being selected as tn
j President for life As we said befor
e the country is slowly merging into
c kingdom.
e The companies Of the N. G. D. {
D will be sent to Fort Washington in Jul
y for artillery instructions and an out
5 ing
e The oldest newsboy in the Unite,
: States is Lewis Edmondson, of Rom
5 ney, w Va; age, 95 years. He is
j modern Samson up to date. He be
t longs to the race.
= Read The Bee.