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The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
ANSWERED THE CALL.

Holliday.-Passed from labor to re-
ward, Deacon Robert Holiday, of the
First Baptist Church, the beloved hus-
band Of Candace NJ. Holiday, on Sat
urday, June I, 1907.
Funeral from First Baptist Church,
Twenty-seventh street and Dumbarton
avenue northwest Wednesday, June 5, at
2 pm.
He was taken i'll while selling produce
from a wagon in the alley in rear Of
Fourteenth street between @ and H
streets. The ambulance was summon
ed and the patient was hurried to the
hospital, but he died just about the time
the institution was reached. The body
was sent to the morgue and the coroner
notified.
Death. the hospital surgeons stated,
resulted from natural causes. 1t is
likely that such a certificate will be Civ
en- by the coroner without holding an
inquest.
Mercer-On Sunday, June ?, 1907
at his residence, PHO Eighth street
northwest, george Mercer, beloved ia
ther of Mrs. Harriette Dabney.
Funeral from above-named residence
Wednesday,, June 5, at four o'clock.
Mr.. Mercer was So years old, and had
been continuously in the employ of the
establishment now known as Dulin &
Martin Company for forty-two years
At the close OF the Civil War he en-
tered the employ Of Webb & Beveridge,
and continued his faithful services for
Mr. NJ w Beveridge and his success
sors until few weeks before his death.
His presence will be missed by many of
the oldest patrons of the house. who
have regarded him highly for his long
and faithful services.
Bruce.-On Saturday, June I, 1897, at
II pm, Joseph n. Bruce, the son of the
late Charles Bruce. and the beloved
brother of Charles H, Fannie Ware and
Mamie Wilson Bruce.
The family of which Mr.. Bruce was
a member is one Of Washington's most
respected, being among the oldest and
most prominent.
The funeral Of Mr.. William Galloway
took place at Simpson Methodist Epis-
copal Church last Wednesday at three
o'clock pm He was one of the good
citizens of the District, and admired by
a large circle Of friends.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
FAMOUS MISSIONARY DEAD.

Atlanta.-Bishop w. A Gambler, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
received a cablegram from Shanghai,
China, announcing the death of DR..
Young J. Allen, forty years a mission
ary to China and a native of Georgia.
He was seventy-two years of age. Sur
viving him are Mrs. Allen, two sons
and four daughters, all of whom, except
one married daughter, Mrs. Mary Tur-
ner of New York, live in China. DR..
Allen was the author of nearly one
hundred books, some of which were
published in the Chinese language and
are widely read in that country.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
LEGAL NOTICE.
SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBMIA.

SOPKEME OOORl Ut he I'D
TRICT OF COLUMBMIA.
Holding a Probate Court
No 1900 Administration.
This is to give notice that the sub
scriber, of tie District Of Columbia, has
obtained from the Probate Court Of the
District of Columbia letters testansntary
on the estate OF Allen B. Hamm late of
the District OF Columbia, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned 10 exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof, le-
gally authenticated, to the subscriber. on
or before the third day OF June, AID.
1908; otherwise they may by law be eX-
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this third day
of June, 1907.
James T. Bundy,
42o Fifth street n. w
Attest: James Tanner.
Registe rof Wills for the District Of
Columbia. Clerk OF the Probate Court
James F Bundy, Attorney.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
MAY HE REST IN PEACE!

Suddenly, in Philadelphia, Pa, Ed
ward Harris, in his twentieth year of
age, departed this life on Tuesday, May
18th, 1907.
The deceased was the beloved son of
Mrs. Susie Hollis, formerly of this city,
and grandson of the late Mary Bell; he
was a cousin of Miss Rachel Bell and
Mesdames Rosa Lacy and Helen Car
dOza.
Though sorrow has filled our hearts,
yet we know that He giveth his below
ed sleep" The Lord giveth and the
Lord taketh away; blessed be the name
of the Lord"
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
POEM

POEM
On the National Baptist Congress anC
Young Peoples Chautauqua."
Written for the Namoial Baptist Unior
by Thos w. J. Tobias, New Or
leans, La.
Behold the mighty army,
A multitudinous host
Praising God the Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost
1t Is the National Congress,
The Baptist Christian youth;
They journey to our city,
Bringing the gospel truth.
All hail them as they enter,
And cheer them as they pass;
And at their feet your trophies
Of Christian homage cast.
The young folks of the Baptist Church
Compose this National Congress;
They represent the future Church,
The Baptist growth and progress.
Their object IS to stimulate
Our Baptist Christian youth
In Christian activity,
In friendship, love and truth.
To give them inspiration,
And to enhance their zeal,
To labor for the Master
Till every foe shall yield.
Let every loyal Baptist
Rally to his post,
And swell this mighty number
Of the Baptist host.
Who come on a great mission
From every State and town,
Bringing Baptist workers
And leaders of renown.
Go forth, ye Baptist workers,
To every State and town;
Co. carry the gospel message
Wherever man is found.
Go into the highways,
And in the byways search;
Take the world for Jesus
And the Baptist Church
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
mand we all bow in humble acquies-
cence
RECALL WEDDING INVITATIONS

RECALL WEDDING INVITATIONS.
A mysterious telegram, signed Doc
tor, announcing the Hines of the groom
tobe, Clifford A. Sampson, of Brooklyn,
has caused the recall of the FIVE hun
dred invitations sent out for the mar
riage of Miss Ethel May Towns, in
Maiden. Meanwhile Miss Towns, with
an intimate woman friend, has gone to
Brooklyn to clear up the mystery OF
her intended husbands sudden indis-
position. Miss Towns first met Mr..
Sampson in New York few years ago,
and since that time he had been a fre-
quent visitor OF the Towns home. in
Maiden, sometimes spending a week or
two at a time. The engagement was
announced in February The telegram
received by Miss Towns failed to state
where the young man is, and his bride
to-be had no previous knowledge of his
illness. Although the young man is
said to have the family that he was a
physical instructor at the Brooklyn Y.
NJ c. A, officials of that institution
declare that no such person is known
to them.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08

(FROM THE PRESS BUREAU.)
What is the Press Bureau? What
does it pre-empt to do? Who is P. S.
Twister? These are some of the ques-
tions which are being asked nowadays.
The answer is simple to the above ques-
tions.
Cd The Press Bureau is an organ
ization of persons whose mission it is to
disseminate truth. The organization will
do this without fear of punishment or
hope of reward. The high and the low,
the rich and the poor, the black and the
white are alike the equals in the light
of its mission. The organization hates
shams and demagogues and will, as it
has in the past, wage an unceasing war
fare upon them. It brooks no intimida-
ton, it wears no mans collar, it cannot
be bought, it is independent; and what
is more, it has some of the ablest men
in the nation in it. 1t stands alone,
right and incorruptible.
(2) P. S. Twister is the signature OF
the Press Bureau. 1t represents the men
who are members of it, as Publius rep
resented, in The Federalist," the names
of Madison, Jay and Hamilton.
H. J. Pinkett,
Attorney for Press Bureau.
1888 18th St, N. W., Washington, D. c
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
MURRAY'S.
DRUGGIST
AZ Street. 6. w

MURRAY'S.
have made extensive purchases
for the Easter holidays, consisting
If fine Toilets and high-class Per-
fumes, and beautiful and useful ar
ticles. Just the things for Eastef
presents, at prices to suit my Gus
toners.
George w. Murray
Druggist.
Corner Second and D streets, ,. W.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
sos E Street, N. w
VERY LOW RATES TO NEW
obi IA NC


ORLEANS.
The National Baptist Publishing Board
has succeeded, after months of liberal
and constant communication with every
general passenger agent of every road in
the four passenger associations, in hav-
ing two of the largest ones announce an
exceedingly low rate as follows for the
Sunday School Congress:
Excursion rate for the Sunday School
Congress at New Orleans has been an
nounced for the Southwestern Passen-
ger Association, which includes that ter
ritory lying south of Missouri and west
of the Mississippi, comprising Southern
Kansas, Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mex
leo, Texas and Southern Louisiana. The
fare will be one fare plus $zoo for the
round trip.
The rate for the Southeastern Associ-
alton, which is that territory lying south
OF the Ohio River, east of the Missis-
sippi, and south of the Potomac, has
been announced for the Sunday School
Congress as one fare for the round trip
plus rs centA
The tickets will be on sale in both as
sociations Jnue II and IS, good to re-
turn on leaving New Orleans up to and
including midnight July I, which is
Monday"
1
Government and taught in agricultural
schools.
On Wednesday the Conference will
consider questions relating to the health
and morals of the race. Some of the
subjects discussed on this day will be
the use of patent medicine in Negro
J communities, the effect Of vagrancy law:
lupon crime among the Negroes, and the
education of the Negro minister. The
educational discussions OF the Confer.
ence will be merged in those of the
National Association of Negro Teach.
ers, which begins on Thursday. This i!
the fourth session of the association
The success of the preceding sessions al
| Nashville and Atlanta, with repre-.
sentation of seventeen States. and a
Washington, D. C., last year, with TWEEN
ty States represented, promises heavy
interest and profitable meeting thi!
year.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
HIGHER WAGES To
NEGRO WORKMEN

Secured by This New Union
0rder-Grows By Leaps and
Bounds-Started Five Years
Ago with Nothing But a ''Prin.
ciple"-Now Has Over 400
Subordinate Lodges and 36OO0
Members.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08

The unequaled beautiier, is endorsed
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restore the beauty of youth.
TOO MANY WHITES.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08

READ THE BEE.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
SHOOTS SELF, HURLS BODY
ON SLEEPING BABES COT
Unidentified Man with Bullet Hole
Through Brain Struggles with Sur
seons and Police on oper-
e ating Table

An unidentified man shot and fatally
wounded himself in a rooming house run
by Mrs, A. r. Dickey at 51S Central ave-
rue, yesterday morning.
At 11:30 Friday morning he engaged a
room, paying so cents. He left the house
and returned during the night
Saturday morning pistol shot was
heard and the man, scantily dressed,
dashed into the room occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Holt and their twp chill
dren and threw himself on the bed of one
of the children.
The wounded man was taken to the
receiving hospital. 1t was found that he
had shot himself in the right temple the
bullet passing through and coming out
on the right side of the head He was
operated upon.
Nothing found in his effects gave a
cIew to his identity. The weapon used
was a 32-caliber Colts, and apparently
had not been used before The man is
about S5 years old. FIVE feet eight and one
half inches in height, weighs 165 pounds
and has dark complexion. His face is
round and two front teeth are missing.
Notwithstanding his condition the man
fought desperately when the officers were
taking MIN to the hospital, and before the
doctors could carry on their work it was
necessary to strap him to the operating
table.
He died late last night.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

culled at random from the many we'll
known and authenticated cases.
Joseph Wiltshire shipped last season
over $4,000 worth of apples and cherries
from his 150-acre orchard ranch
The Hicks ranch averaged $4,000 per
season from a forty-acre apple orchard.
M. HI. Best sold this year, through c.
G. Collins of Santa Ana, fully $4,000
worth of fine fruits and apples.
Thomas Mellen, veteran rancher,
has record of $4,000 from fifteen acres
of pears, prunes, plums and apples He
holds the worlds prize granted by the
Worlds Columbian exposition in 1898,
for the best dried Hungarian prunes.
His wife holds the prize for packing
dried fruits.
The Highland Home ranch, owned by
Palmer e. Halliday of the Santa Ana
bank, has shipped an average of $4,000
yearly in olives, cherries, apples and
grain.
Mr. Mather, later arrival, Is said to
have raised enough alfalfa this year on
part of his $40 acres to pay in full for
100 acres of his land. He pumps with
a gasoline engine from a well on his
ranch.
r. T. Stewart shipped $4,000 crop
of grain from his big ranch this year.
1t is records like this that tell the
story of Beaumont. The releasing of
the property by the German Savings
and Loan society that bound it for so
long has opened up to the live mencand
women of today the opportunities of
twenty years agos
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
S42,445 TOTAL OF THREE
SUITS AGAINST RAILWAY
Los Angeles Company Is Defendant in
Actions Alleging Severe ln-
juries to Trio Of
Women

Three suits for damages, aggregating
s42, ,445, were filed against the Los Angeles
Railway company yesterday.
William w. Wilson and Violet Wilson
ask $1,000 for injuries alleged to have
been suffered by Mrs. Wilson in an acci-
dent at Pico and Flower streets on June
20. The shock, 1t Is said, caused internal
Injuries which resulted in a prolonged ILL
ness, from the results of which she will
permanently suffer
In complaint Marie A. Buch says that
she was alighting from car at Central
avenue ana Fifty-seventh street on June
Z. when the motorman, without warning,
started the with a jerk. throwing her
to the pavement She claims to be per-
manent.y injured and asks $4,000 dam
ages.
The third suit is that of Amy Kropf
and Louis Kropf. The injuries. they say,
were sustained by Mrs Kropf when the
controller on crowded car exploded,
throwing the woman out of the car. A
double fracture OF the jaw, fractured
nose, decorations of the nose and lower
lin. a confusion of the left eye, loss Of
upper teeth ami bruised right side afe
the injuries alleged to have been sus-
tanned.
The complaint alleges the accident was
due to the negligent running and marip-
ulation of the car. The amount desired
is So AS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
SETTLE BIG
WILL CASE
FIGHT OVER HADDock ESTATE
is ENDED
slsTER-IN-LAW WILL RECEIVE
TWo-THlRDs
Attorneys Withdraw Complaints.
Grandchildren Get Third of Quarter
Of Million Left by Rich
Chicagoan

Litigation in the case of the contested
will of Charles G. Haddock is probably
at an end Attorneys for the two sides
withdrew their complaints from Judge
N. p. Conrey's court yesterday morning.
Representatives of the two sides claim
to have reached settlement. Mrs. l..
w. Sensor, sister of the first wife of the
deceased millionaire. gets two-thirds of
the estate, while the other third is to
be divided between Frank d. Haddock.
grandson, and Mrs. Sarah Haddock Whit
sett, granddaughter of the deceased,
The estate is now valued at $25O000.
Haddock, who was a millionaire, in his
old age came under the influence of GER
tain professed spiritualists.
The bequests of the will amounted to
only $1541.4S.
When the case was under trial many
witnesses testified to the effect of the
spiritualists' work on the feelings of the
aged man.
The foundation for the Haddock mil
lions was laid when the great fire swept
Chicago and the Chicago Title and Trust
company was the only title company left
with it's records unburned. A large block
of stock in this company is still held by
Mrs. Sensor as one of the most valuable
items in the legacy.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
WILL REOPEN
DLS7HLERLES
INTERNAL REVENUE DEPART
MENT MAKES RULING
REvokEs PROHIBITION AGAINST
INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS
Federal Stand Is Expected to Result
In the Manufacture Of Large
Quantities of Denatured
Alcohol

Members of the force in the local IN
ternal revenue office have just received
from Washington ruling which will
allow many distilleries in this section
closed down for years. to resume opera
tions for the manufacture Of denatured
alcohol.
BY slight and inexpensive changes the
distilleries may be changed into indus
trial ones and, under the ruling, be
allowed to run.
- Following is the ruling
MANY of the provisions of the law
relating to the operation of distilleries al
which spirits for tax payment are pro-
duced are suspended as applied to indus
trial distilleries. The effort has been
made to remove every obstacle to the
placing of industrial distilleries on the
same basis as the saw mill, the grist mill
or the flour mill.
Industrial distileries are those at which
not more than 100 proof gallons of spirits
can be produced in twenty-four hours,
and at which alcohol for Decentralization
only can be produced. In the production
of spirits at such distilleries any SUBJ
stance whatever may be used.
"An industrial distiler can set up and
operate his plant at any point of land
owned by himself, except upon the prem
ises of brewery, or within 600 feet of a
rectifylng establishment or vinegar fac
tory using the vaporizing process.
"One or more persons or an associa-
ton of persons may set up, register and
operate an industrial distilleryAzthat is to
say, it may be operated by one farmer,
two farmers or dozen farmers"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
SIX ARE DIVORCED
WITHIN TWO HOURS
DEsERTIoN PREDOMINATEs IN
CHARGES
PitifuI Tales Recited to Courts Lead
to Granting Of Decrses-lll
Wife Slept on Bare
Floor

In two hours six women were granted
divorces in the superior court yesterday
morning.
A pitiful tale was related by Mrs.
Rhoda Schellberg In Judge Bordwells
court. From Missouri. where they were
married, to New York, from there to
FL Paso. then into the heart OF Old
Mexico, the wife followed her husband,
earning her own living Returning to
Ell Paso she was taken i'll. For four
weeks she slept on the floor of an unfur-
nished room. on her recovery she was
forced to work. Then they came to Los
Angeles.
She was forced to earn a living for
both. Then she was deserted The suit
followed.
Now that we. are in the United States
you must be good to me, julius" said
Mrs. Mary Trueman. Russian woman.
to her husband wheR they came to this
country in 1904
"He was cruel to me in the old coun-
try she admitted yesterday on the
stand. "bdt wives are only so much pri-
vate property in Russia and expect to be
beaten and kicked...'
After being deserted in Chicago she
came to her brother, Dr. /. q. Salem OF
Los Angeles. She has not heard from her
husband for year. Judge Smith granted
her divorce and custody of her little
girl.
II never could tell when my husband
would come home and knock me sense
less'' declared Mrs. Nellie Myrtle Smith
to Judge Smith.
The woman alleged that her husband
never treated her kindly. Once, she says
he attacked her with a butcherlknife.
She declares the man, Joseph f. Smith
Knocked her down on the street in Port
land and attempted to carry off their
child.
Then she came to Los Angeles and has
been earning living for herself and her
little girl for three years. Judge Smith
granted the decree.
Charging her husband with desertion
Mrs. Jennie Simmons appeared in Judge
Bordwelrs department. j. D. Simmons
she said, left her several months ago,
The decree was GRANTED.
Mrs. Belle Rabouin was granted a di-
vorce from Oscar p. Rabouin for deser-
tion and cruelty.
Mrs. M. zieger was granted a divorce
from Charles Zieger by Judge w. P,
James on the ground of desertion.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
NINE BUILDINGS NEEDED
FOR CLEANING CAMPAIGN
Health Officer Powers Tells Supply
Committee of Necessities Required
to Start Movement of
Sanitation

A great amount of additional emergency
supplies will be needed by the city to
carry on the Cleanup campaign" ac-
cording TO the report made by DR.. L. M.
Powers, health officer, to the supply
committee of the council yesterday.
Among other things DR.. Powers asked
to have provided him nine buildings. one
in each of the several wards where the
campaign is to be waged. These build
ings are to be used for sanitary head
quarters and he asks that each be pro-
vided with telephones. DR.. Powers also
asked that nine dumping grounds be pro-
vided for temporary use, these to be used
for the reception of garbage and other
refuse
1t Tas announced yesterday that only
500 rat traps would be provided by the
city for the rat crusade. pending the
arrival of supplies from the east. These
traps WI. cost IS a dozen and the city
needs about 1000 of them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
WILL PASS NEW
DRAINAGE LAW
CONGRESS EXPECTED TO TAKE
ACTION
California Delegates to National AS
ISOLATION Meeting Feel Confident
That Importance of Work
viii Be Recognized

California delegates to the next an
nual congress of the National Drainage
association, which meets in Baltimore
November %, 26 and 81, feel assured
that satisfactory drainage legislation
can be obtained at the session of the
sixtieth congress. Senator Flint's bill,
known as the general drainage bill, has
been favorably reported from the
United States senate committee on pub
lie lands and efforts will be made at
the convention of the association to
have it vigorously pushed before the
senate.
The members of the association claim
drainage work is fully as important as
irrigation, on which the country has
expended many millions of dollars dur
ing the last few years.
In thirty-seven states there are scat.
tered approximately S0,000000 acres Of
swamp land. If these acres were re-
claimed they would be of great value
to the country BY subdivding then
into forty-acre tracts homes would be
provided for about 100000 farmers
and the crop value would be enormous
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
TRY TO GET BETTER
OF CITY GOVERNMENT
Los Angeles counclmen Come Near
Entering on Park Scheme Which
Would Have Benefited Few
Property Holders

Los Angeles came near being the re-
cipient of a pretty packag when propo-
sition was made to have the city make a
public park out of the strip Of land
bounded by Hoover street, Union avenue
and Twenty-third street in the Fifth
ward.
When the proposition was made the city
fathers looked upon it as good one, and
for some time 1t appeared probable they
would consent to the arrangement.
While looking into the matter yesterday
members of the finance committee found
that If the agreement was made 1t would
be necessary for the city to pay for the
paving of the streets. and the property
owners there would not be called upon to
pay cent for street Improvements. The
original deed was looked up andtit WIS
found the strip was dedicated as street
and not as a park.
Under these circumstances the members
of the committee decided the city could
have nothing to do with the proposition.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

David Cochrane, whose picture ap-
pears above, is the proprietor of the
Edinburgh hotel at Beaumont. He is
we'll known throughout Southern Call
fornia as the proprietor for many years
of the popular Holyrood hotel at River
side. The Edinburgh is modern
throughout, has f1fty-five rooms and
will be thrown open to the public NO
vember l.
The sales of both city and county
property in Beaumont have been phe-
nomenal. Up to date the sales aggre-
gate $4,000. The lots average 6Oxlb2
and command prices from $50 up. The
acreage will be sold in plats to suit at
$3.50 an acre upward. Terms of pay
lnent are very liberal.
No matter what your business in life
may be you can find an opening at
Beaumont. Go there and make money.
Go there for a home in the most health
full spot on earth. Go. there for five
acres and independence. 90 there for
an apple orchard and wealth. Go there
for a vineyard that will maintain you
forever. Go there for grain and al
falfa. Go there for any line of trade or
business, for Beaumont will be big
enough to carry them all and to sup
port them we'll 1t is right on the llne
of the Southern Pacific railway only
eighty miles east OF Los AtiSot
Every train stops there. The regular
week day round trip fare is $500, but
a special Sunday rate of $2.45 is op-
tainable for Beaumont visitors. The
fare is refunded to purchasers of prop
erty.
CALL FOR ANY INFORMATION.
OPEN SATURDAY NIGTIT. BEAU
MONT LAND AND WATER COMPANY,
OWNERS, 22s Mercantile place. Phone
F4S6S, Main S215.