The Washington bee., 1908-11-21
PARAGRAPH NEWS

the time tor the lhSldHd1lOA VI
new Emperor of China. That date
is the Chinese New Year day.
1 It is rumored that the death OF
the Dowager Empress may have been
caused by foul play.
i Ten buildings at the jamestown
Exposition that cost $I75,ooo were
sold for $3o,5oo.
Chief Surgeon w. A. Warfeld, IN
his report of Freedmen's Hospital
asks that provisions for pay patients
be made.
The report that Justice Harlan IS
to retire from the Supreme Cour'
of the United States has been denied
by the Judge himself.
The leading citizens are appealing
to President Roosevelt to recon.
mend to Congress the Importance of
suffrage in the District of Columbia.
While he is not seeking the Office,
Secretary Root will hardly refuse a
senatorial position from New York
to the United States Senate.
The thirteenth annual session of
the NatiOnalAssociation of State Uni
versity Presidents began at theShore-
ham Hotel last Monday morning.
When the Sixty-frst Congress
meets there will be in the House 2Io
Republicans and I72 Democrats, the
latter having gained six members.
The United States was well rep
resented last Monday at St. Peters,
in Rome, when a pontifcal mass was
celebrated by the Pope, It being the
hftieth anniversary of his joining the
priesthood.
The True Reformers in the Dis
trict celebrated the twenty-6fth an
niverSary of the birth of the Order
IN this section last Sunday in the
Mr.. Taft was the guest of Presi-
dent Roosevelt last Sunday.
Mr.. w. P. Burrell, Grand Worthy
| Secretary of the G. F. L. o. T. R,
Richmond, Va, is at his desk. and
his youngest son, who fractured his
knee while playing football is on
the road to recovery.
Each vote for the Republican NOM
lnee on election day helped to elect
Mr.. Taft. He was not elected by the
white nor black man, but by the
votes of all.
Much good is expected to result
from the first session of the Virginia
State Federation of Colored Women"
recently held at Hampton, Va.
The funeral of Mrs. Lucinda Grant
the mother of Miss Julia c. Grant
took place last Sunday at Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church.
A game is played today at Lin
coin University, Pa, between students
of that school, which holds the COLI
ored championship of the world, and
students of Howard University.
We make note, with regret, that
the office of the Texas Guide, at Vic
toria, Texas, has been destroyed by
fire The Guide was one of the best
papers of the Southland,and we hope
for it speedy recovery from its af-
fiction.
Mr.. Allen Halter ,colored, says the
Mosaic Guide, sold on the streets Of
Little Rock last week IA bales of
cotton for the sum of S7,344.8s.
! Mr.. w. Grouse has returned after
a pleasant trip to Illinois among his
friends and relatives.
Mrs. l. Reddick and family, of
Hampton, Va, are in here.
Mr.. G. H. Proctor. his wife; Mr..
c. J. Prickett and his wife, of this
city, were the guests of honor at an
entertainment given by Mr. and Mrs.
William c. Brown at their home in
Indianapolis quite recently.
Miss Gussie Simmons was enten-
sively entertained while visiting IN
Evansville, Ind
The recent visit of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Bernard to Portsmouth, Va,
was a social success.
Mr.. J. R. Davenport has returned
to his home in Virginia
Mr.. c. w. Matthews returned to
the city from Brooklyn, NJ Y, last
week.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Logan, the
daughter of the only living brother Of
the late Gen. John A. Logan, was
married in this city at noon last Sat-