The Washington bee., 1908-05-30
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
By Miss Beafris [. Chase.

trlct Attorney Jerome has a number
of charges laid at his door, and he
will be required to answer the de-
mands of the law.
Rt. Rev Charles E. Mcdowell
went to Rome and expressed person.
ally the loyalty of his diocese to His
Holiness the Pope The Bishop pre-
sented substantial offering of Pc
ter's pence.
Howard University was the CEN
ter of attraction not only education
ally but socially from the beginning
Of It's closing exercises to the end.
The recent heavy rains have caus-
ed the people in many sections of the
country to suffer already from the
overflow of rivers.
The bill for educating four Fill
pinos at West Point was sent the
first of the week to the President for
his signature.
A bill regulating child labor in the
District of Columbia was passed last
Monday by both houses of Congress.
Mr.. Charles Cant Becllwith. whose
funeral took place last Wednesday,
was the youngest son of Mrs. Mary
J. and the late John H. Beckwith.
Gen. John NJ. Wilson, U. S. A.,
in his address to the graduates of
Gunston Hall warned the young wo-
men against becoming new wo-
men,"
Notwithstanding the warm wealth
er has hardly started, there have been
number of cases of sickness caused
by the intense heat.
Mr.. William Gilbert, who gradual
ed from the Academic Department of
Howard University, is the son of
Rev. NJ. w. Gilbert, of New York
city.
Maxwell's Talisman says members
of Congress will be forced to explain
in the next campaign why Congress
refused to repeal the Timber and
Stone Act
Plans are being formulated to i'm
prove the shore line of this city.
President Roosevelt had as his
guests of honor at a reception this
week delegation of prominent Of
fcials of the Republic of Liberia.
1t has been announced that the
bathing beach will be opened to the
public the early part of June.
The kaleidoscope Club No. 2 will
give a concert and dance at Masonic
Temple, iii Nineteenth street, next
Wednesday evening, June 3. Admis-
sion, IS cents.
The eight new bishops elected at
the Methodist Episcopal Conference
in Baltimore are considered to rank
among the foremost divines of this
age.
Mrs. John A. Logan was energetic
in bringing about the election, as a
bishop, of her pastor, DR.. Frank NJ.
Bristol, who is stationed at the Met
ropolitan NJ. E Church.
The fire in the music store of E.
F. Droop & Sons Company lastWed-
nesday morning did damage to the
amount of $4,000.
A noticeable feature in the deaths
which occurred the past week is that
many of the oldest residents have
paid the final claim
1t is reported that prohibition scor
ed victory last Tuesday at the cleo
tion in North Carolina by a majority
vote of 10000
The stenographer Of the House Of
Representatives was directed not to
record a speech made by Mr.. Hef-
lin last Wednesday.
Anthony HERR, valet to Lew Vo-
gel, envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary from Switzerland,
tried to end his life by shooting him
self last Saturday morning.
1t is stated that Lemoine's prepa-
rations for the manufacture OF dia-
monds at his laboratory at ST. Denis,
Paris, are now completed and that
he is ready to begin work.
Bishop w. F. Mcdowell, Of Chi
cago, delivered the bassalaureate SER
mon to the graduates Of Howard
University last Sunday afternoon in
the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chap
el.
Nathan Haines, former State SEN
ator of New York, died at his home
in Burlington last Sunday.