The Washington bee., 1907-04-27
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
BY MISS BEATRIZ L. CHASE.

DR.. A. 7. Braxton, a graduate of
Meharry Medical College, and a prom
inent physician in Columbia Tenn.,d died
not long ago.
A woman who claims she is a prin-
cess and cousin of the Gar of Russia
was detained on board the liner Ven
tura at San Francisco, awaiting the de-
ciSion of the immigration commission
as to whether or not she is a victim of
trachoma.
1t was stated this week that the build
ings at jamestown are about eighty Der
cent. finished.
The revenue cutter Apache arrived
at Washington last Monday morning
and carried Assistant Secretary Edwards
and other Treasury Officials to the the
opening Of the jamestown Exposition.
The drought in San Juan, Porto Rico,
is said to be affecting the sugar planta-
tions.
Robbers broke into the tailoring es-
tabhshment of Joseph J. Continett on
Thirteenth street northwest. last Sun
day between two o'clock in the after
noon and seven o'clock last Monday
morning, and took a blue serge suit.
The immigration commission which
met III the room on the Philippines of
the Senate, and was in sesson over three
hours.
1t IS announced that Mrs. Maggie L.
Walker, the r. w. G. Secretary of the
l. o. of St. Luke, will deliver a lecture
next Monday at Bethel A. M. E. Church
in Baltimore.
Last Monday was the forty-third day
Of the trial Of Dinger Hermann. who
is charged with destroying thirty-fve
letter copybooks of the records of the
Government.
Garden and Arbor Day was celebrated
the first of this week by the students
of Normal School No. and the Frank
lin Public School.
Edward Saunders, coIored, was ar
rested last Sunday, charged with fur
nlsh1ng liquor to minors.
The Weather Bureau in this city states
this week that winter is about over.
The funeral services of Rev. Teunis
5. Hamlin, who died last week. were
held In the Church of the Covenant.
OF which ne was pastor, It Sunday
afternoon. DR.. Hamlin was also pres
ident of the Board of Trustees at How
ard University.
1t IS said that much comment was
caused at Honolulu, Hawaii. by the an
nOuncement from the mainland that the
residents of Hilo were considering the
advisability of trying to tap the live
volcano OF Kilauea."
A large crowd attended the services
at the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist
Church, on o street, last Sunday. Rev.
Drew, who is the pastor, preached in
the morning and in the evening.
Last Tuesday morning, Baroness AMI
sia Louise de Massey, New York, who
IS accused of the murder of Gustav
Simon, president of the Queen Waist
Company on November 10, 1906, was
placed on trial for her life.
James w. Cornelius, known as the
"gentlemaa murderer" was electrocuted
at Columbus. Ohio.
1t is believed that the wooden lumber
barge Arcadia, which left April II for
Two Rivers, at Manistee, Mich, with a
cargo of hardwood, has been lost in
Lake Michigan.
1t is said that the State Federation
of Labor, which was holding a session
in Montgomery, Ala, last Tuesday, wir-
ed the President to explain his alleged
assertion that Haywood and Meyer, the
Idaho miners, are not desirable citizens
Red Cloud, the aged chief Of the
Sioux, has gone blind and is sick.
1t was thought that the five runaway
cars which entered the Baltimore and
Ohio depot last Tuesday morning in
illIS CITY WOulu 10 NOllSAuCl dDlC udIldS-y
but very little damage was done
The next meeting Of the Executive
Board of the National Baptist Conyen-
ton will be held at the Vermont Ave-
nue. Baptist Church May I8
John Harding, of Franklin, Pa, has
sued the detective and policeman for
false arrest last September for an al
legged attack on a white girl He was
never arraigned on the charge, and sues
for $1,000.
Rev. L. B. Banks, of this city, has
accepted the call to be the pastor of
Morris Chapel Baptist Church at Hen
derson, KY.
John Temple Graves, at the Iroquois
ban0uet held in Chicago. stated that