The Washington bee., 1908-07-25
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
By Mss Beatris [. Chdse.

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structure.
The crusade against lunch rooms
and hotels, etc, is being carried out
with untiring efforts by the health
officials.
1t is said that the votes of the
Negroes of Ohio will depend largely
on the attitude of Senator Foraker.
The students from many schools
at Asbury Park have organized a
Research and Information Club.
Howard University is represented.
The labor unions have begun prep
arations for their annual celebra-
tiOns September 7.
The Outing Committee SAYS that
about twenty-four hundred dollars is
needed to conduct the work of the
camps.
The Amphion excursion was a sue
cess from start to finish.
1t is reported that Mr.. Taft has
given up all sports and has settled
down to business. He is preparing
his speech for next Tuesday, when
the notification committee calls on
him.
The reception given the Democrat
ic candidate for Vice President, Mr..
John W. Kern, by the citizens of In
| dianapolis was purely a non-partisan
affair. Vice President Fairbanks
presented him.
Japan has completed arrangements
for the building of two additional
battleships, with a displacement Of
2o,8oo tons and a speed Of twenty
knots.
Vice President Fairbanks, the
the United States representative who
welcomed the Prince of Wales in
Canada, reached Quebec last Tues
day.
The Knights of Pythias opened
ther annual session at Odd Fellows
Hall last Monday morning. Many
delegates attended.
Major Taylor, the bicycle rider,
sustained serious injuries while TAX
ing part in the races at Bordeaux,
France.
It may not be long before other
departments will follow the exam
pie set by the fire and police depart
ments in refusing applicants with
false teeth.
A terrible disaster followed the
overcrowding of a pleasure launch
going from Manila to Corregidor
last week. So far no Americans are
listed with the drowned
James T. Clements, a fireman, sued
the Capital Traction Company for
$4,000 damages for alleged person
al injuries.
A party of rich and refined wom-
Ell left our shores this week to go to
China to teach Chinese women.
A boy was shot to death in Wheel
ing, w. Va, last week by a bullet
intended for a mad dog.
A patent drier for drying the
clothing of carriers has been placed
in the sewing room of the postofice.
It was not certain what was the
real cause of the recent illness Of
the Chinese Emperor. Custom for
bids publication.
Arrangements are being perfected
/ for the removal Of the body of Len
fant from Maryland to the campus
of the Catholic University.
The total appropriations made at
the last session of Congress were
81, ,oo8, ,397,543.56.
Rev. d.. w. F. Graham was in
| stalled pastor OF Filth Street Bap-
tist Church, Richmond, Va, last
Thursday evening. A special program
was rendered.
The number of words in Mr.. TafPs
speech to the notification committee
is about four thousand.
The farmers of the United States
are being urged by Messrs. Bryan
and Kern to contribute to the DEM
ocratic campaign fund.
Postmaster Barnes left the city
last Saturday for a months vacation
on the New England Coast.
News comes from Lndon that the
American athletes are very much dis
satisfied with the treatment given
them by the officials of the Olympic
games.
Mr.. Sidney Bieber, formerly Ere
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