The Washington bee., 1908-04-18
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
By Mss Beafris L. Chase.


a number thrown from their seats IN
a collision on the Washington. Bal
timore and Annapolis Electric Raj
way about noon last Sunday. It Is
believed that the accident was drC
to a misunderstanding of orders.
Secretary Taft, who was ava
from the city for about ten days, de
livering addresses in the West, re
turned last Saturday.
Additional troops were ordered To-
Pensacola, Fla, last Monday, as q
result of riOting in connection witt
the safety of the Strike-breakers
An attempt was made last week to
assassinate Lloyd Whipp, the deputy
sheriff of Rockville, Md
The four United States warships
which have bene cruising in the wa
ters of Haiti are to be Withdrawn for
target practice
A cablegram has been received
from Hawaii at the Taft headquar-
ters in this city which states that at
the convention held at Honolulu thai
elected delegates to the Republican
National Convention, the friends OF
Mr.. Taft were in control
The mine owners at Alaska want
ten thousand additional men at the
rate of five dollars per day and board.
Willie Edouin, who was a well
known actor here and in Europe, died
III London not long ago.
The storage house of the Amer
lean Ice Company at Camden, N. J..
was destroyed by fire last Monday
night
E. F. Henderson, a well-known
merchant of Chicago, who systemat-
ically turned day into night for 6f-
teen years, died at the Auditorium
Annex last Monday evening.
Edwin c. Madden has made charg-
es against George B. Cortelyou in
volving his attitude toward the pub
LEGATIONS of Edward c. Lewis of ST.
Louis.
Commissioner Morrow has recon-
mended that the Commissioners make
an unfavorable report to Congress
upon the bill recently referred to them
which provides for the changing of
Y street between Florida avenue and
Nineteenth street northwest.
Four thousand prayer books have
been printed in the Sioux tongue and
will be distributed among the Indians
i'll many sections.
William Fl. Richter, who was
manager of a "nickelodeon" in this
city, was arrested last Monday night.
He was wanted in New York to an
swer charge OF having passed
worthless checks.
Two thousand Chinese are report
ed to have been drowned in the dis
astrous floods which occurred atHan-
kow.
The National Convention of the
Independence Party will be held in
Chicago the last part of July.
The eighty-ninth celebration Of
Bethel a. NJ F. Church in New
York city took place this week. This
church is said to have a membership
of $500.
We are glad to note the steady i'm
provement in the condition of Mrs.
Maggie L. Walker.
We do not see why a mans name
should be spelled with small letters,
if he has done a wrong.
The name of Representative Heflin
appears in leading Southern paper
IN small letters.
While a certain cOlored newspaper
would like to know "why the big.
rich, white folks don't keep their do
nestle troubles out of the newspa-
pers," We would like to say that it
had better look out for its own trou-
bles.
The body of Durham w. Stevens,
late advisor to the Korean Council.
who was assassinated by Korean in
San Francisco, Cal, reached the city
late last Monday afternoon
Information received in the CITY
last Monday from Edgefeld, s. c.,
said that Senator r 2 T;lIr,ar ,,,ss