The Washington bee., 1908-08-15
NEWS
By Miss Bsatrs. Z. Chase.

Over $4,000 attended the 25th con-
vention of the Supreme Lodge and
biennial encampment of the Uniform
Ranks of the Knights of Pythias
which convened at Boston, Mass. this
week.
Although the dog-catchers have
have been doing their duty, many
people in this city received bites from
dogs this week.
1t is stated that praises of the
model city crusade of the. District
officials were voiced by the pastors
of this city from the pulpit last Sun
day.
While walking in his sleep last
Monday night a man in Philadelphia
fell to the sidewalk from the third
story window of his home. While
he was badly bruised, not bone in
his body was broken.
F. E. Bliss, who was thrashed and
tarred last week by a trio in this
city, { declared that the report of his
departure was absurd.
The first great granite monolith
for the east front of the Treasury
was hoisted into place last Tuesday
afternoon in the presence of a great
crowd
Dr. Woodward the Health Officer,
is still inspecting the slaughter hous-
es in the District. He finds that
they are small and widely separated,
making inspection difficult.
, United States Senator William
Allison died last Tuesday afternoon
| OF heart failure at his home in Du-
buque, Iowa.
The Peoples Bank of Union, sc,
! closed its doors last Tuesday.
Miss Anna Howard, who has been
dean of the department of women
in the University of Washington,
;. left Seattle this week to become man
. ager of a Kentucky mule farm.
r Corporation Counsel Thomas has
I recommended to the District Com
s missioners that the police regula-
= tions relative to the placing of signs
5 in front of business structures be
2 amended
e OF the 362 candidates who passed
r the June medical examination in the
|. State of Pennsylvania were Drs.
e Chester A. A. Gordon and Thomas
= H. Hilton, both well known inWash-
Il ington's social circle
The chairman of the Philadelphia
+ Committee on marking historic plac-
es is reported as having said the
It Betsy Ross patriotism is fake
5. The Sultan of Turkey was stab
; bed last Monday by a subordinate,
l. but the blow was lessened by coming
1, in contact with the coat of mail worn
/. by the Sultan.
Y. Senator Allison, who died last Sun
n day, was the leader of the United
le States Senate for many years.
7. The case of Dr. Cecil French, the
n. veterinarian and dog fancier, was
p heard in the Police Court recently,
le Commissioner bennett, of the Cen
" eral Land Office, has returned to this
r; city from the West, where he has
been inspecting some of the leading
i offices.
Fl Two Sicilians were arrested last
), week in Connecticut by Secret Serv-
al ice men on the charge of counterfeit
r ing quarter dollars at Branchville.
lie Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio,
te made a flight in his aeroplane thru
g the air at a mile minute at Lemans,
e France, last Saturday afternoon.
h The funeral services of Mrs. Mary
N Jane Watkins. respected citizen of
le this city, were held last Sunday af-
ternoon at the Nineteenth StreetBap-
T. tist Church.
al John A. Heckerson, colored, who
/ calls himself the high priest Of a
If band of his race, in the vicinity Of
ID Newark, n. J., was arrested in that
ia city last Saturday with white man
a. who is a follower of the sect.
sr The estate of the late Senator
tc William B. Allison is estimated at
100000.
The National Negro American Po-
litical League held meeting last
J. Monday night in the True Reform
le ers' Hall, denouncing the Republican
N nominee.
to Tn White House is being thor
t. oughlv overhauled.