The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS

contract to act as an associate editor
of the Outlook, after his term of
office as President expires.
Timothy White, a blind Baptist
preacher from Alexandria, Va, want
ed to open cabinet meeting with pray
er. The White House employees
do not call to mind the time when
cabinet meetings were opened with
prayer. His offer was not accepted.
The Prohibition party has tickets
in Fl states, the socialists in p, the
independents in II, and the socialistic
labor in g.
Engineer Commissioner Morrow
has appointed a committee to visit
the public schools of the District to
consider their condition as to safety.
w. c. Fuller, a cousin of the late
Grover Cleveland, was instantly kill
ed by B. & o. train last Saturday,
at Hyndman, Pa. - n" z.yzf
''Manslaughter" will be the charge
against janitors Of public schools in
the District if fire breaks out and
life is lost because of a door being
locked.
AS associate Editor of the Outlook,
Mr.. Roosevelt will receive 100000
as salary.
The True Regormers of the Dis
trict of Columbia celebrated the an
niversary of the birth of Rev. VIM.
w. Brown, the founder of the organ
ization, last Tuesday evening in the
hall on U street.
The smoky condition of Washing
ton all day last Monday is attributed
to the forest fires.
Judge Taft has been advised to
make no more outdoor speeches and
number of engagements have been
cancelled on account of the condition
of his throat.
Rivermen predict for us a severe
winter. They say all the signs point
to a long and hard one.
The capacity of convention hall is
being taxed by the large number of
people who go to hear Gipsy Smith,
the English evangelist. The choir of
500 voices is led by Percy Foster.
Jas. NJ. Beacum. of Manassas, Va,
a postal clerk charged with tampering
with letter, is out on a $500 bond.
The case will be heard November 10
before Judge Mcdowell at Abingdon,
Va.
Geo. NJ. Tucker, a former employe
of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, was indicted by the grand
jury last Monday on eleven counts
for the larceny and embezzelment Of
stamps.
1t is said that the wedding gift of
the king to Miss EIkins is to be a
diamond tiara, valued at $4,000
Col. Balm, of Kentucky, "admires"
Mr.. B. T. Washington and says, He
is aiding in the work for the uplift
of his people"
Some alarm is felt by the health
department over the increased num-
Der of cases of typhoid fever in the
District. Effort are being made to
locate the cause.
Besides being the Chinese Ambas-
sador, WI Ting Fang is an ardent
supporter of vegetarianism.
The United States post-ofice and
all the mail of last Sunday were des-
troyed in the fire at the Collonade
building at Chatauqua, N. Y, last
Monday morning.
The heads of all the government
departments have received orders to
pay ali men who wish to go to their
homes to vote, October 2oth.. the
amount of their salary to the close Of
October 18th.
The U. S battleship Maine was
the first of the feet to complete the
trip around the world. It arrived at
Portsmouth, n. H., last Monday
morning.
Judge Taft attended divine service
with President Roosevelt last Sum
day morning at All Souls Unitarian
Church.
A scholarship has been awarded to
Charles B. Fisher, a graduate of NJ
street High School, by the Western
University of Pennsylvania. He is
the son of Mrs. c. D. Fisher.
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