The Washington bee., 1907-08-31
NEWS
Rg Miss Beatris L. Chase.

-, Those who had the man
.-7, .,t Of affairs in hand should feel
BY berause so many hearts were
-,4~ cheerful.
-'I. I-rs. should profit by the accident to
40 G.. Ferris, of Detroit who swal-
.f hat pin FIVE inches in length
...rg startled by the ringing OF a
telephone bell.
Editor J. D. Uzzell, who was held
t.ng responsible for much Of the
..,. r-5uble in Eastern Virginia, sur
-.-5.red to Colonel Nottingham last
80. and asked to be placed in some
..-ars place as a protection against
ruching.
The secretary Of the Smithsonian In
....,-..9 has directed DR.. Walter Few
... -f the American Ethnological Bu-
-..n 20 begin the work of preserving
III. cliff dwellings and other ruins OF
National Park, Colorado.
MARYLAND wants immigrant laborerS,
--.fsrring Germans, Scandinavians and
-,Fers from Northern Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hope, OF the
-- Of Washington, D. C., are prom
-.rr members of the Jamestown Log
Cabin Club.
TIN. niagara Movement began its an
anal meeting last Monday, to continue
five davs at Boston, Mass.
An excursion from Newport News
Va will reach Washington Monday on
che steamer Montauk, and will remain
ss.ea.eeu hours.
The sermons Of DR.. I. Toliver, of this
city, have proven very effective in the
State Of Texas.
u stated that there exists base
pn team Of darb-sdnned girls OF rare
ability ~ Kansas City.
Washington has been visited by quite
,-~.er of Philadelphia's leading people
inns season.
rr. Henrietta V. Davis is travelling
.-...r the western section Of the coun-
The Afro-Amcrican Ledger gives
.rEl account Of the progress in the
Intellectual fields Of Baltimore, Md, tor
rs -oamldlng of the once oppressed
people
I.. eleventh annual session OF the
-ar Carey Baptist Convention, which
has been in session since last Wednes-
5a in Baltimore. will close tomorrow
evening.
The music to be used at the Baptist
Convention in this city viii be select
ed from books published by the National
Baptist Publishing Board, and Prof
b. ID. Pins, ID, has been elected
director.
While in New York City, Rev. Will
am II. Davenport, of this city, preached
at Mother Zion Church.
Many visitors as well as members
expect to attend the rweny-seVenth an
1tgersary OF the National Baptist Con-
genaon. which convenes in this city
IN September.
The Statesman says that there are in
he country today 10000 colored vot-
.rs. and they can save Senator Foraker.
Prof. w. L. Cansler, who was re-
.r.s.ed citizen OF Knoxville, Tenn, died
d, his home in that city not long ago.
Al the State Department last Tues
5av dispatch from Mexico announced
te peace IS now assured IN Central
America.
The per diem employees and laborers
10 the service of the District Government
sill not be granted holiday on Labor
Day.
Five hundred of the citys poor chill
d-ea went to Chesapeake Beach last
Tuesday. under the auspices Of the AS
so,.a.ed Charities.
The convention of fire chiefs will be
held .a Washington in October.
Southern Railway train No. 3Anorth-
bound. while approaching Red Hill, eight
miles south of Charlottesville, Va was
.-5wu against a cla embankment last
Monday morning. The entire train, with
the exception of the engine, left the
track
The highest building in the world IS
The Singer, in New York City. 1t will
exceed in height the Washington Mon
unent in this city,which SIS feet above
ground. When finished the Singer Build
rs viii be forty-seven stories high, and
ey2 feet from the sidewalk.
The Controller of the Currency has
Ssaed call for statement as to the
condition Of national banks at the close
OF business August p.
Many delegates and visitors attended
the annual session of the I. o. of St
Luke, which convened in Ri&hmond, Va,
ast week.
Shall cOlored bishops be elected to
Preside over conferences of the Meth