The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
PARAGRAPH|C NEWS
BY Mss BEATRIz L. CHASE.

Thomas Black, of Kenton, Ohio, a
leading Republican and two-term mavor
acknowledged the forgery of $4,000.
covering period of nine years.
The acquittal of w. D. Haywood ends
the remarkable trial at Boise, Idaho.
Ought a minister who uses slang in
the pulpit with his pants turned ND, to
crluclse the young man who wears what
the minister calls "snaked toed shoes"1
MOI
Revs. G. w. Lee and NJ. w D. Nor
man attended the North Carolina Ban
tist State Convention.
The National Association Of Teachers
met in its fourth session at Hamnton
Institute Thursday and Friday of this
week.
The True Reformer organization could
perpetuate its founders memory. the
late w. w. Browne" in no better way
than by building an Old Folks Home.
Mr.. Joseph A. Gaines, who died at
his home, 1912 Arctic avenue, Atlantic
City, two Sundays ago, was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaines, of Fauquier coun-
'ty, Va.
Thermometers registered I7o degrees
in the sun in some parts of Texas last
Sunday. It is said that it was the most
terrific heat visitation ever known in
Texas.
Millions are said to be starving in
China from the famine.
The funeral of Senator Pettus, Of Ala
bama, who died at Hot Springs. N c
last Saturday night took place at Selma
Ala, last Tuesday afternoon.
The National Packing Companv known
as the Beef Trust has purchased the
stock in the Colorado Packing Com
pnay.
William R. Kenyon, who was for a
number Of years business partner of
Senator Clark, and twice Mavor Of
Butte, Mont, died at his country home
near Amsterdam, N. J., at the age of
o. years.
Teofla Pettrilla, the leader of the
strike at Hibbing, Mimi, was placed un-
der arrest last Tuesday morning. on the
charge OF carrying concealed weapons.
The important subject discussed by the
George eWashington University last Tues
day evening was the abolition of capital
punishment in the District of Columbia.
1t IS stated that any patient who has
more than $50 value in his possession
when taken to Bellevue and allied hos
pitals at New York may be charged
$I.5o day for treatment in the insti-
tutions.
DR.. John D. Ballard has the honor of
being the first dark-skinned citizen ever
admitted to the New Jersey Dents So
ciety.
Postmaster General Meyer has issued
an order which says that all lawyers
practicing before the Postofice Depart
ment must be members of the District
Supreme Court of the State or Territory
to which they belong.
Miss Helen P. Gray, who was charged
with obtaining money from the Crow In
dians on their reservation in Montana
under false pretenses, has been arrested
and put in jail at Billings, Mont,
The Zion Ministers Association of the
I District of Columbia and Baltimore, a
new colored religious organization, has
been formed.
The law Of Maryland is very strict
against Sunday labor. Charges have
already been made against some persons
Helen Bailey Trowbridge, an actress
at Pittsburg, committed suicide not long
ago by cutting herself with a razor
across the throat.
Night Policeman John H. Dougherty,
of Crisfeld, Nd, was shot and instantly
killed last Saturday night by James Reed,
half Negro and half Indian.
Otto Hoffman, who was appointed
keeper in the Bronx Park Zoo at New
York. was attacked by an elephant at the
| Zoo last week
/ A monument dedicated to the memory
Of Major James Stewart who COM
manded Battery B, Fourth United States,
Artillery, in the Civil War, was unveil-
ed at the Arlington National Cemetery
last Sunday.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Popular excursions to Niagara Falls,
only $40 round trip; August and 10;
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