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The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
ID AR0TSE S0TTH-Dr

TO AROUSE SOUTHERgEP,
Civil Service Commission T--
McIlhenny has decided to make - !
tended tour of the South at an
date to look into the causes off
disposition of Southern young men
women to enter the service Of tn. I
ernment. Mr.. 1IcIlhennu h.ns
Louisianian and a Democrat has
struck with the disparity be-ua
number of blacks and whites n
South who apply for the ciu. seq
examination required for ap19r
to subordinate positions iu ths uI
grades of Federal government 4
North and West show no backward
Of this kind. as a result OF wlich a
sections have more than their a-z
positions in the government
Southern blacks, too, display an
ness to get into the service, and
are taking the positions open as hzI
their examination papers are aprr
IN Washington. 1t Is suggested 4
young white men and women IN /
South are holding aloof from The en-
lnation mainly because they would
brought into competition with a
and Mr.. AIcIIhenny is inclined to
dorse this view of it. If he finds 4
theory correct while on his S0c
tour, he may recommend ODD his e
to Washington that the white and
be examined in different rooms. al.
different dates, in future. Another
gestion is that the Southern SID
nearly all Of whom are Democrats
pect that the Civil Service Comn
IS controlled by politicians, and t5l.
should they take the examination z
make high averages they would r- /
given places IN the government sn-
Commissioner McIlhenny w.Il a-te-9
clear their minds Of this susplci0l-1
change.
Gen. KurOki will be a great attrla
at the jamestown Exposition. No. q
many CalifOrnians were coming I
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE
MEETS.
New York, April 27, 10

New York, April p, 1907.
The Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Negro Business Lague, in special
session, met in the rooms Of the Col
ored Republican Club, No I39 West
Fifty-third street, Thursday and Fri
day of this week. April 25 and 20.
All Of the members Of the Commit
tee, with two exceptions, as follows.
were present: 7. Thomas Fortune, the
chairman, New Jersey; Booker T.Wash-
ington, president, ex oficio, Alabama
Emmett J. Scott, corresponding secre-
tary, Alabama; Gilbert c. Harris, treas
.urer, Massachusetts J. c. Jackson, Ken
tucky; J. c. Napier, Tennessee; S. E.
Courtny, Massachusetts,; NJ. NJ. Lewey.
Florida; S. A. Furniss, Indiana; n. T.
Volar, Pennsylvania, and Philip A.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
FOR
WHAT DOES THIS. MEAN:

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?
We notice from the prospectus
pamphlet of the Colored Mems
Branch of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association that the architects
of record on these plans are white
men. We also understan3 that the
lot which was purchased for the
building to be located on was pur-
chased for the colored men by a
Prominent white Y. NJ. c. y. man,
who had lectured and advised the
colored men to buy a vacant lot,
though colored men own prOpert;
in the same vicinity with a better
location and outlet and at a cheaper
price. The same lot was on the
books of a prominent real estate
man and a member of the associa-
ton, who had been with the asso-
citation from the day of its begin
ming. We notice from the reports
that the colored men who from the
start are taking an active part in
the raising of the required twenty
five thousand dollars (S25, 5,OOO) ask
ed for, will no doubt have the sum
required subscribed before the thir-
ty DAYS canvass is up. The board
of directors, secretary, or whoever
is in charge of manipulating the af-
fars, may just as well take heed
now if they would have this money
collected which is and will be sub
scribed and the building sustained
after it has been finished, that they
must give the colOred people at least
a chance of competing for the plans,
designs and erection of this build
ing. We are sure that Mr.. Rookie
feller has not and will not object.
Negroes are building buildings all
over the South where Mr.. Rookie
feller has given handsome dona-
tions We have too much discrim-
ination from this class of Negroes
who are endeavoring to cater to the
white people. We have enough Ne
gro professional architects and
builders in the city of Washington
and throughout the States to do all
the work of any kind which will be
needed in the designing, construc-
ton and running of a hfty-thousand
dollar ($5o,ooo) structure.
This is a public affair, for we have
called on the public to furnish the
funds to build and maintain this or
ganization, and it should not be a
one-man affair; nothing should be
kept in the dark from the men who
are so Loyalty supporting this work.
The plans, specifications and the
building should be put out in com
petition, the plans should be let out
on pure merit to the best set Of
plans presented to a fully comPe-
tent board, and the construction
should be let out to the lowest re
sponsible bidder, This is no more
than right and just, and the men
who are connected with this asso-
citation in any way should see to it
that our people get a square deal
along this line.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
MAKE THEM.

From the Texas Guide.
1t is foolish to labor under the i'm
preston that opportunity knocks at
a persons door only once" Thousands
of opportunities are knocking at the
Negroes door every day. What we must
do IS to get up and take hold of them.
Then when opportunities get shy, get
out and start some.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
READ MORE.

The colOred people should read
more. They don't look after thei,
interest enough. They can only
know what IS going on through the
newspapers. The papers edited by
colored men do more than any other
institution in behalf of the colored
people. There seems to be an in
ward hatred for one another. just
why this is The Bee has never been
able to ascertain. Let us read more
and support those papers that are
friendly to the colored people, no
matter who edits them,
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
DIR. ATWOOD OUT

DR.. o. NJ. Atwood, a member OF
Board Of Education, who has been
fined in Providence Hospital, Is
again, greatly TO the grauicat'a
his friends. DR.. Atwood has Ls.
hard time. He has been a very
man for several months. His pres
at the next meeting Of the Bola
Education will be looked iorWaH
with qualification by his many 81
thizing friends.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04

The sun. is too high in the heav-
ems for us to cringe and beg for a
little position and a few paltry pen
nies. 1t has been less than four
weeks that in the Treasury Depart
ment that the architects and drafts
men threatened to strike because
there was one competent Negro
who had the ability and courage and
manhood to take the examination
and enter upon the work as a first
class craftsman. God forbid that
we as Negros through our own
methods support and uphold this
class of white men. We don't be
lieve the men of Washington will
stand for it.
It would be a disgrace before
God AMI man and especially to the
Negroes of Washington far any
class of citizens or any interlope-
to come into our midst and say by
their very actions that the Negroes
at the Capital of this great nation,
where we are supposed to be the
model in refinement culture and
ability to do things, to fail through
the negligence Of some selfish being
to design, build and construct this
edifce. VIII the men Of Washing
ton be buncoed, or will they de
mand their rights? If they have
auy manhood let them speak now.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04


It Is quite evident that there is
something wrong in Denmark. The
Board of Education is dehed by
teachers who have been given an
opportunity to apologize after hay
ing made charges of a serious char
acter against certain teachers. Then
there come charges which can be
actuated only through malice
against one Of the best teachers H.
the Armstrong Manual Training
School by an outsider, a white man,
who seems to be more interested in
the cOlored schools than he is in his
own. The Board of Education has
a responsibility. The authority of
the colored supervisors is being de
fed by the sub0rdinates, and when
they are told that they must obey
the authority Of the heads they re-
sort to the courts. It is to be re-
GREETED that Congress did not invest
in the Board Of Education absolute
power. In a very few months the
Judges of the District Supreme
Court will be called upon to appoint
certain members of the Board of
Education whose terms have expir-
ed. Great care will have to be tax
en-. The present Board of Educa-
ton was an experiment. There ap-
pears to be a desire on the part Of
some people to satisfy a personal
pique against certain teachers in the
public schools. No school official
should allow his personal feelings
to enter into the appointment Of a
teacher. It has been claimed that
the white members Of the Board Of
Education are inimical to the color
ed schools. Has any act on the
part Of any white member of the
Board of Education been shown to
lead anyone to believe or to pre-
sumo that the colored schools have
an enemy in any white member of
the Board of Education? Every act
Of the superintendent and every one
of the white members of the Board
has been to the best interest of the
colored schools. What the Board
should do, and at once, is to trans
fer those troublesome and iisobedi-
ent teachers to other schools, sub
ject to an investigation, and if their
acts of inSubordination are SO seri-
Gus as to warrant their dismissal
they should be dismissed. Without
discipline there can be no order.
Let something be done.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
NOTICE

You are most cordially invited i.
tend the Grand Opening Of Re" I
Drew's Bible Class, SUNDAY AlL =
o.3o am. in the Cosmopolitan -a1
Baptist Church, o str-e- 's'- Z.
conducted by Rev. Dr. Drew even :
day morning at o.3o O'Clock Ca-' =. !
bring your Bible and a friend. "
not matter if you cannot raal' =
and learn how to read. The cas- j.
be opened to both old and young ~.
Look out for the annual EXCUSE.
ST Luke's Church, Tr-z-T A-'
8, 1907.
Don't fail to hear the Ho"..- -.
versity Choral Society in 5.aa-'
reatest oratorio, the "E-i.a1
how.
Don't forget the date OF l1'
Get your ticket now fer the -
Sister Norman, wife ot l-'
man. is improving very nlucH'
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
From the Colored World.

Harry c. Smith, colored, member OF
the Seventy FIRST, Seveng-second and
Seventy-fourth General Assemblies from
Cuyahoga county, andeditor of CIeve-
land Gazette, at St Pauls A NJ E
Church, East Long street. Sunday even
ing praised Senator Foraker very high
ly He declared that the Senator is
gainst race prejudice and had fought
hard for principle and manhood.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.

DNLNIL-N NLNILN ] LALNDIoLo.
From the Boley Progress.
The commencement exercises OF the
Creek-Seminole College were held in
the college auditorium Monday even
ing, April IS. The program, as render
ed was pronounced by many who were
present as the best they have ever wit
messed in the Territory, and compara-
bic with the programs rendered in the
States
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04
THE BEE
PUBLISHD AT

IIo9 Eye ST., N. W., Washington,
D. c.
The Washington bee., 1907-05-04

Don't forget the date Of the
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
LIKE A JOKE. BUT
A VERY SERIOUS ONE.
Freakish Behavior of Someone Who
John Wilde Says, Robbed
Him of S145.

One of the most curious robberies
hat the police have been called upon
to investigate recently occurred al the
home of John Wilde at SAT Bergen
street, between 8 and Q o'clock last
night.
All of the members Of the family ex-
cept Mr.. Wilde were away at the time,
and he was sitting on a chair IN the
front stoop. About 9 o'clock he went
into the house and found that a trunk
in a bedroom had been ransackcd and
$145 in cash, a gold watch, several dla-
mond rings and other jewelry taken.
Mr.. Wilde notified the Fourth Precinct
police, and Plainclothesman Cass found
the watch under the chair on which
Wilde had been sitting on the stoop.
Several pieces of the jewelry were also
recovered. but no trace was found Of
the money.
Cass made another search IF the
house this morning, and found all of
the rest of the jewelry in a closet in
the hallway. The officer says that the
jewelry was not there last night as he
had inspected the closet.
The police are inclined To think it is
a kind of a practical joke that is being
played on the family, but the disap-
pearance of the money makes the mat
ter too serious to treat lightly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
AUTOIST GIVES 81 TO
BOY HURT BY HIS CAR.
New Yorker Also Pays Physician to
Attend Nanny" Glenn-Three Hurt
in Falls from Cars.

Among the many accidents that &C.
Cured yesterday. but not due to fire.
works, was one that happened to
Nanny Glenn, y years old, of 349
Fifteenth avenue. yesterday afternoon.
He was crossing South Orange avenue
at Hunterdon street, when he was
knocked down by an automobile driven
by a New Yorker, and injured about
the head. The owner of the automobile
carried the little fellow to DR.. r. G..
P Dieffenbach's Office, 1856 Hunterdon
street.
After paying the physician for his
services, the automobilist gave the boy
a 81 bill.
Andrew Tote, "a years old. of 800
Warren street, Harrison, fell from a
car at Springfield and Morris avenues
about / d. M. yesterday afternoon and
was injured about the head and body.
He vas taken home in a carriage.
Miss Annie Krowartz. 20 years old,
of 152 Paramount avenue. fell from a
car at South Orange and Littleton ave-
nues about 2 o'clock and dislocated her
left elbow.
William Miller, 10 years old, of 144
Newark street, fell from a car at War
rem and Newark streets about 5 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon and d~islocated his
left ankle. He was taken to the Ger
man Hospital, and after his injury was
attended to he went home.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
DR.. WASHINGTON GETS
PAY IN BROUWER CASE.
County Failed to Provide Necessary
Funds, but Court Awards Newark
Expert His Fee.

TOMS RIVER, July 5.-Chief Justice
Gummere has given judgment to Lawyer
Frank McDermott. counse for DR.. Walter
washington. of Newark, for the amount of
his claim against Ocean County, with In
terest. The plea and demurrer filed by
the Board of Freeholders, through its solic-
itor, were dismissed by the chief justice.
DIR. Washington was one of the States
experts In the Brouwer murder trial. The
Board of Freeholders last year. though
knowing there was to be a big and costly
trial, appropriated only So, 600 for courts,
the average yearly amount for that pur-
pose. though 1t was known at the tline
tina 5000 was already spent, and 5000
more would be required to pay the April
bills. This left but $1,000 for the year be-
ginning May, 1906.
Getting tired of waiting for their money.
the three experts who testified for the State.
DR.. Washington, of Newark; DIR. Henry
w. Cattell and Chemist Fred A.. Genth, of
Philadelphia, brought suit. Solicitor Stout
filed a plea and demurrer in each case. and
the Board OF Freeholders piled up costs
against the county, though every one knew
the suits could have but one ending, and
tina the county would lave to pay the
bills and the costs.
against this county at the end of the VAIN
wright murder trial, when the freeholders
refused to pay the bills incurred by Prose-
cutor Middleton, but were compelled by the
court to pay, with costs attached.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
G~ARRABRANTs CELEBRATE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Garrabrandts, of 25i
Kearny avenue, kearny, received many
congratulations from relatives and friends
"Wednesday night and all day yesterday
upon their thirty-seventh wedding ami
versary tina was informall celebrated at
the home of their grandchildren. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Heinold, at the Kearny ad-
dress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrabrandt were married
in Newark July 3, 1913, by the Rev. Mr..
Robinson, where they resided %continu-
ously until two years ago, when they took
up their residence In eKarny. Mrs. Gar
rabrandts maiden name was Miss Mary
,Ackerson, of Jersey City. Mr.. Cara
brandts was a member of the Newark
police force for eighteen years previous to
the Civil War. Two children were born
to them, Harry Garrabrandts and Mrs.
Josephine Hudson, both of whom are
dead. They have two grandchildren and
two great grandchildren. For more than
fifty years they have been members of the
New York Avenue Reformed Church.,
Newark.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
HARRISON-EAST NEWARK.

Frank Yonaski. "a years old, of Har-
rison. was fined $40 by Judge Brane-
gan, in the Harrison Police Court, last
night. for disorderly conduct on COM
plant of Charles Hotter, of 105 Joan
street, Harrison, who charged Yonaski
with raising a disturbance around his
house.
Peter Russo. of New Jersey Railroad
avenue, Harrison, vas arrested last
night by Policemen Reilly and Kahn,
of Harrison. charged by the latter with
acting disorderly. He will be given a
hearing tonight.
Elizabeth Crawford. a well-known
dancer, OF SGT Hamilton street, Harri-
son, won a gold medal yesterday for
dancing at Celtic Park, New York.
James Flynn, of PA Warren street,
Harrison, was sentenced to ninety days
in the Hudson County Jail this morn
ing, by Judge Branegan. in the Harri-
son Police Court. He was arrested
yesterday on complaint of his wife
charged with drunkenness. Policeman
Campin took Flynn down this morning.
Mrs, Arthur Parker and daughter
Elizabeth. of North Fourth street and
Cleveland avenue. Harrison. left today
for a stay in Troy and the catski1ls.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
SHOT IN THE FOOT.
Mrs. Rose Neworth injured by cele-
brators-Wm. Goulke Arrested.

William Goulke, q years old, who
lives in New York, is locked up at the
Fourth Precinct Police Station on the
charge of having shot Mrs. Rose
Neworth, of 10 Broome street, in the
right foot Wednesday night. The young
man denied the charge when arraigned
this morning in court, and says it
must have been some of the people
he was with who did it.
Judge Herr decided TO hold him I'M
til tomorrow to allow the police time
to investigate a little farther. Mrs.
Neworth was in court. but she could
not positively identify Goulke, although
she was sure he was in the party.
Mrs. Neworth said she was sitting
on her front stoop and that Goulke
and a half dozen others were in a
house on the opposite side of the street.
Several of them began to shoot off
revolvers, and a bullet from one of
them struck her right foot, inficting
a flesh wound.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
SIR CHENTUNG ON WAY
TO PACIFIC COAST.
At Chicago New Chinese Minister Of
Foreign Affairs Says China's Door
Will Be Kept Open.

CHICAGO. July 5.-Sir Chentung LANG
Cheng. the new Chinese Minister of For
eign Affairs and retiring Minister to the
Celestial Kingdom TO the United States,
spent one hour here yesterday on his way
home to assume the new office and honors
that have come to him..
At the station Sir Chentung was met by
a delegation of Chinese merchants who
were most graciously received. Sir Chem
fung wishes to make all speed possible
and reach San Francisco in time to take
a steamer leaving there July 9.
SRI regret my departure from the United
States said the distinguished Oriental
statesman. ''And I carry to my native
land many pleasant remembrances. How
ever. when ones country calls him. one
should nave no other idea than obedience.
The affairs of my country in America will
he cared for by the secretary of the lega-
ton until such time as my successor ar
rives."
'Will the open-door policy be main
famed In China?" the minister was asked.
Most assuredly.' he replied. That. is
as much or more of advantage to China
than to any nation with whom she
trades"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
HURT IN KEAPNY
ACCIDENTS WERE NOT AS
MANY AS USUAL.
Not a Single Fire Alarm Turned In,
Exercises at Station
Square.


The Fourth was ushered in in Arlington
and Kearny with patriotic exercises in
Station square. held under the auspices OF
the Phil Kearny Volunteers Town Guard.
that included the national salute and hoist
ing of the Stars and Stripes. The fas
was also raised on Devon terrace, under
the same auspices.
The fremen were at their posts all day
ready for action. but not a single alarm
was sent In.
There were fewer accidents than usual
and none of a serious character.
Thomas Fitzgerald, l6 years old. of 81
Johnson avenue, Kearny, had his righi
hand badly burned by the premature ex-
plosion Of a cannon f1recracker. The
wound was dressed by his mother.
Rudolph Fritz. of 202 Brighton avenue
and William Haymark, Of Lincoln ave
nue.. both Of Kearny, had their hands in
iured by blank cartridges. Their wounds
were dressed at home.
There were numerous family pienics
held on the Belgrove Fields and in thu
North Arlington woods.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
vAILSBURG SECTION.

Miss Josephine Geimer, of Smith street
is visiting in Trenton.
John %Birkenhauer, of q Columbia ave
nue., has returned from a stay at Barne-
gat.
Miss Margaret Manning, of Mum ave
nue.. it as Asbury Park spending her va
cation.
william welsher. of S6 South Orange
avenue, is at the Highlands of the Nave
sink summerlng. Harry Welsher, bis
brother, has returned from a stay in
Rockland County. New York.
Patrick J, Walsh. of South Orange and
Mum venues is at Asbury Park spend
ing his vacation.
The Arsdale Tigers baseball team won
and lost yesterday. In the morning the
Woodlands were yictors by the score Of
s to 3. and the Actives lost in the altar
Loon. II to 0. Welsher and Wherle formed
the battery for the Tigers.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-05
HOT BATTLE IN ALASKA
OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY.
One Man Killed and Several Wounded
in Fight Between Guggenheim
and Bruner Outfits.

VALDEZ, Alaska. July 5.-One man
Is dead, another is fatally injured, and
nine are seriously wounded as the re-
suit of a conflict between the Guggen-
helm and the Bruner interests at Ka-
ITALIA over the right of way which the
Bruner forces are protecting.
The Guggenheim interests stationed
detachments of armed men at points
commanding the disputed ground, and
a gang of laborers started out to lay
track owe the Bruner right of way
under cover of 9. fire from these camps.
A brisk fire was opened from the Bru-
ner camp, but the -Guggenheim men
succeeded In capturing the steel Co.
devil on which the Bruner camp had
relied to destroy the work done by
their opponents,
Representatives of the Bruner inter
ests are making every endeavor to have
Governor Hoggatt order troops to the
scene Of hostilities.