The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
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Washington Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church opened
last Wednesday in Roberts Method
ist Episcopal Chapel, lexandria, Viz
ginia, and will close this coming
Monday.
The Republican National League
has been made a permanent organiza-
tion. Headquarters will be in Wash
ington for at least four years.
The resignation as governor of
New Mexico, of Governor George
Curry reached President Taft the
early part of this week. Governor
Curry is accused of having assaulted
A. ]. Loomis, the Editor Of the San
ia Fe Eagle.
Mr.. Roosevelt started on his Afri-
can tour last Tuesday morning, and
many friends were present when the
vessel left the harbor.
The position held at present by Mr..
Roosevelt, the only living Ex-Presi-
dent, makes him still one of the most
important of all citizens of this gov
ernment
President Taft walked to and from
church last Sunday morning. He at
tends All Souls Unitarian church.
The Evening Star says: eff Jack
Johnson and Jim Jeffries could be
placed in the same theatrical COM
pany, there might be a chance of
getting a fight out of them"
Prince Michael Hilkoff, whose
death occurred suddenly in St. Peters
burg, is said to have belonged to a
family. He came to this country
when young and worked in machine
shop for $3.50 per week. He was
restored to his princely position by
being appointed a member of the
| Council of the Empires.
Charles Leslie was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary in Vir-
ginia, for the abduction of a girl.
Both were white.
Since January I, 1909, 4,757 new
cases of measles have been reported,
and Commissioner Macfarland has
approved the recommendation of
health officer Harry c. Mclean, to
permit children who have had the
measles to attend school, even though
the disease may be in their homes.
The officer says the spread of the
measles cannot be prevented.
A petition, signed by many resi-
dents, has been sent to the Chamber
of Commerce, asking its aid in having
the divorce law of the District of
Columbia changed and made to cover
a greater field. The present code Is
defective for the reason it only ad-
mits of one reason for granting di-
vorces.
The admirers of the game of base
ball will be glad to know that new
rules have been formulated and the
delay caused in many games hereto
fore, will be avoided. There will be
no running in dead pitchers"
Professor Albert Ross, of Kan
sas, has published work bearing on
!, Negro Journals west of the Missis-
sippi.
We are glad the "Steel-(steal)
ton Press" reads this column. We
note that it reproduced nine of cur
paragraphs of the r3th instant in its
Mention" column the week follow
ing word for word without even
mentioning our name.
| Mr.. 7. H. Smith, to whom a patent
for stoning fruit has been granted,
is a leading dark-skinned dentist IN
Little Rock, Arkansas.
| A few weeks ago we stated that
]. Mr.. T. T. Fortune was editor OF the
Yonkers Standard. We learn from
that paper that Mr. Fortune did not
keep the position. 1t says: "The city
of Yonkers and the Standard are
both too small for Mr.. Fortune"
In speaking of President Taft, The
| Cumberland Alleganian says: That
fine sanity and dove eyed peace are
now enthroned" in the White House.
If Mr.. Jack Johnson and his wife
are satisfied with each other, it's in
lbad taste for the world and his family
to attempt to mar the tranquility OF